مضى الثُّلثان من ليل التَّمامِ

ولم تغمُضْ جُفُونِي بِالمَنَام

Two-thirds of the night of perfection has passed,

yet sleep has not shut my eyelids with slumber.

وطرفي في المنامِ إِذَا أَتاهُ

وَوَاتَاهُ كَسَمْعِي والمَلاَمِ

My eyes in sleep, when it comes upon them,

pass by it like my hearing and blame.