أَضَاءَ رَجَاءٌ فِي دُجَى الرَّأْيِ كَاذِبٌ

أَضَاءَ رَجَاءٌ فِي دُجَى الرَّأْيِ كَاذِبٌ

فَأَوْحَى إِلى قَلْبِي السُّرُورَ فَأَنْشَدَا

فَأَوْحَى إِلى قَلْبِي السُّرُورَ فَأَنْشَدَا

A false hope shone in the darkness of thought;

it breathed joy into my heart, and my heart broke into song—

كَمَا غُشَّ بِالْمِصْبَاحِ قُمْرِيُّ حُجْرَةٍ

كَمَا غُشَّ بِالْمِصْبَاحِ قُمْرِيُّ حُجْرَةٍ

تَوَهَّمهُ ضَوْءَ الصَّباحِ فَغَرَّدَا

تَوَهَّمهُ ضَوْءَ الصَّباحِ فَغَرَّدَا

just as a chamber’s turtledove, deceived by a lamp,

mistook it for the light of dawn and began to warble.