1. سَهِرتُ بخرتَبِرتَ فطال لَيْلِي

    عليّ ولم يَطُلْ ليلُ النّيَامِ

    I lay awake in Khartabirt, and my night grew long

    for me, though the sleepers’ night did not.

  2. أفكِّرُ في مُفارقَتِي رِجالاً

    همُ الكُرَمَاءُ أبناءُ الكِرامِ

    I ponder my parting from men

    who are generous, sons of the generous.

  3. كأنّي السّهمُ يُفْردُ باعتمادٍ

    لنَزعِ القوسِ من بينِ السهِامِ

    As though I were the arrow deliberately singled out

    from among the arrows for the drawing of the bow.