1. وما رُمتُ منهُ الوصل إلا وراعني

    طُلوُعُ رقيب حيّب الفكر والحسّا

    And never did I seek union with him without being alarmed

    by a watcher's rising, which thwarted thought and sense.

  2. رقيبٌ غدا نحسٌ عليّ طُلوعهُ

    وما فاز من أمست طوالعه نحسا

    A watcher whose rising became an ill omen for me—

    and none has prospered whose rising stars turned ill-omened.