ما اِكتَحَلَت مُقلَةٌ بِرُؤيَتِحا

فَمَسَّها الدَهرَ بَعدَها رَمَدُ

No eyelid had been darkened with kohl ere

Time thereafter afflicted it with rheum.

نِعمَ شِعارُ الفَتى إِذا بَرَدَ ال

لَيلُ سُحَيراً وَقَفقَفَ الصَرِدُ

How excellent a youth’s motto when the night

Turns leaden and the twistings twist and turn!