وكتابٍ منكَ فاجأنِي

كبشيرٍ جَاءَ بالظّفَرِ

A letter from you surprised me

Like a herald bringing victory

ردّ لي شرخَ الشّبابِ ومَا

غَالت الأيّامُ من عُمُري

It returned to me the bloom of youth and what

The days had stolen from my life

ظنّه الرّائي مُكاتبةً

وهو أصدافٌ على دُرَرِ

The beholder thought it correspondence

While it was but pearls on gems