وثقيلٍ باتَ في نعمِ

وأراني منهُ في نقمِ

Heavy with blessing I lay down to rest

And woke to find myself deep in grief

قال ألقاكَ صباحَ غدٍ

يا غدُ عجّلتَ بالسقمِ

"I'll see you in the morning," morning said

Tomorrow, you have hastened with my pain

لو يقومُ الميتونَ غداً

لتكاسلتُ ولم أقمِ

If all the dead shall rise again someday

I would have idled longer, never risen