يا ربَّ ليلٍ بته
مثل مبيتِ النابغهْ
O Lord of a night filled with tears
Like the night that befell Al-Nabigha
ولم يساورني سوى
عقربِ صدغ لادغهْ
With nothing to trouble me but
The sting of a scorpion on my temple
وقد بدا البدرُ المني
رُ والثريا بازغهْ
And the full moon has risen
With the Pleiades emerging
كأنهُ ترسُ لجينٍ
حولَ درعٍ سابغهْ
As though it were a shield
Around a coat of mail