1. أَمَا آنَ للطّيْفِ أَنْ يَأْتِيا

    وأَنْ يَطْرُقَ الوَطَنَ الدَّانِيا

    Is it not time for the apparition to come

    and visit the nearby dwelling by night?

  2. وإِنِّي لأَحْسَبُ رَيْبَ الزَّمَا

    نِ سَيَتْرُكُني جَسَداً بالِيا

    And I indeed think the ravages of time

    will leave me a wasted body.

  3. سأَشْكُرُ ذلكَ لا ناسِياً

    جَميلَ الصَّفَاءِ ولا قَالِيا

    I shall be grateful for that, neither forgetting

    the beauty of sincere affection nor bearing hatred.

  4. وقَدْ كُنْتُ أَنْشُرُهُ ضَاحِكاً

    فَقَدْ صِرْتُ أَنْشُرُهُ باكِيا

    And I used to proclaim it laughing,

    but now I proclaim it weeping.