1. بِغَمّى مِن عَلِيٍّ

    إِذا اِنبَعَثَت شَبيبَتُهُ اِنبِعاثا

    In my grief for Ali,

    when his youth surges back to life,

  2. لِعَشرٍ مِن مَنِيَّتِهِ خَوالٍ

    مَلَأنَ جَوىً ضُلوعِيَ وَاِكتِراثا

    after ten have passed since his death,

    filling my ribs with burning sorrow and distress,

  3. أَقولُ لِطَيفِهِ وَقَدِ اِلتَقَينا

    عَلى سِنَةٍ تَعَرَّضتِ اِحتِثاثا

    I say to his phantom, as we meet

    in a light sleep that swiftly came upon me:

  4. قَطَعتَ اللَيلَ مِن قَبرٍ لِقَلبٍ

    فَكَيفَ صَدَعتَها ظُلماً ثَلاثا

    You crossed the night from a grave to a heart—

    how, then, did you cleave those three darknesses?