1. أضع القصيدة فوق مائدة الفطور

    فقهوتي بجوارها تتعطرُ

    I lay the poem on the breakfast table;

    so my coffee beside it grows fragrant,

  2. و مذاق جبني

    يرتقي طعما

    and the flavor of my cheese

    grows finer in taste,

  3. و خبزي

    من أصالة نبضها يتأثرُ

    and my bread

    is touched by the authenticity of its pulse.

  4. أضع القصيدة فوق مائدتي

    فيصبح كل مأكول و مشروب عوالمَ

    I lay the poem on my table,

    so all food and drink become worlds

  5. بالمعاني تزخرُ .

    **

    brimming with meanings.

    **

  6. ذبُل النــــــوم على أجفانه

    من فراقٍ طالما خاف لِقاهُ

    Sleep withered on his eyelids

    from a parting he had long feared to face.

  7. عاش لا يشرب همّا عُمْرَهٌ

    لكِنِ الدهرَ به اليومَ سقاهُ

    He lived his whole life without drinking sorrow,

    but today Time made him drink it.

  8. **

    ينام الخليّ الليلَ مـــلءَ جفـونه

    **

    The carefree man sleeps through the night, his eyelids full of sleep,

  9. و ذو الهم لا يغفــو بوخْز البلابلِ*

    يسامر نجـما طال في الليل لبْثُه

    while the careworn does not doze under the sting of anguish.*

    He converses with a star that has lingered long in the night,

  10. إلى قوله: ذا النجمُ ليس براحِلِ

    ـــــــــــــــ

    until he says: "This star is not leaving."

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  11. *البلابل :الهموم الشديدة و الوساوس.​

    *Anguish: severe worries and obsessive thoughts.