كُميتَ الراح يا صهبا

ظلامُ الليلِ قد دبّا

The winds died down, O Sahba

The darkness of night has crept in

ونادت للوَغَى الدّنيَا

وجيشُ الهمّ قد لبّى

And the world called out to mischief

And the army of worries rallied

فَوافيني مُشَعشَعَةً

لنخرق في الدجى الحجبا

So come to me, shining

To breach the veils of darkness

ونلحقَ من سروا ليلاً

وأمّوا منزلاً رحبَا

And catch up with those who traveled at night

And harbored a spacious abode

همُ الشعراء قد طاروا

إِلى أوطانهم حُبّا

The worries of poets have flown

To their homelands out of love

وأهلُ العشق قد قطعوا

مراحلَ دربهم وثبَا

And the lovers have crossed

The stages of their path in leaps

تعالي يا ابنة العنقو

دِ ننهب عيشنَا نهبَا

Come O daughter of the lily

Let us plunder our lives plundering

ونضرب في فضاءِ الله

حَتّى نَبلغَ الشُّهبَا

And strike in the space of God

Until we reach the shooting stars

فما أشقى الذي يهتمّ

للدنيَا وما أغبي

So miserable is he who worries

About this world, how foolish is he