1. قلت والليل له ال

    ويل مقيم غير ساري

    I said, while the night—upon it be

    woe!—lingered, not moving on:

  2. أعظم الخالق أجر ال

    خلق في شمس النهار

    May the Creator magnify the reward of the

    creatures for the sun of day;

  3. فلقد ماتت كما ما

    ت غزائي واصطباري

    for she has died, just as

    my campaigning and my endurance have died.