1. وليلةِ عارضٍ لا نومَ فيها

    أرِقتُ بها إلى الصبح الفَتيقِ

    And a rain-cloud night, with no sleep in it—

    I lay awake through it until the radiant dawn.

  2. حماني النوم فيها سقفُ بيتٍ

    كأنَّ سماءَه عَيْنُ المشوق

    The roof of a house kept me from sleep that night,

    As though its ceiling were a yearning lover’s eye.

  3. تواصَلت السحائبُ وهو بيتٌ

    وصدَت وهو قارعةُ الطريقِ

    When the clouds joined together, it was a house;

    And when they withdrew, it was the open road.

  4. تفيض عيونُ جيرتنا علينا

    إذا نظروا إلى الغيم الرقيق

    Our neighbors’ eyes overflow upon us

    Whenever they look at the thin clouds.