أَقولُ وَلَيلَتي تَزدادُ طولا

أما لِليل بَعدُهُم نهار

I say, and my night grows longer

Is there no day after them?

جَفَت عَيني عَن التَغميضِ حَتّى

كَأَن جُفونها عَنها قَصار

My eyes are dry of blinking, as if

Their lids have fallen short of them

كَأَن فُؤادهُ كسره تنزى

حَذار البَين لَو نَفع الحَذار

As if heartbreak itself had broken his heart

Beware of separation, even if being wary were of use

يَروّعه السَرار إِذا رَآهُ

مَخافَةَ ان يَكونَ بِهِ السَرار

Sudden sounds alarm him when he hears them

Fearing the secret they might bare