فَأَصبَحتُ مِن لَيلى الغَداةَ كَقابِضٍ

فَأَصبَحتُ مِن لَيلى الغَداةَ كَقابِضٍ

عَلى الماءِ خانَتهُ فُروجُ الأَصابِعِ

عَلى الماءِ خانَتهُ فُروجُ الأَصابِعِ

So this morning, with regard to Layla, I became like one grasping

So I became like one in the morning seizing water,

at water, betrayed by the gaps between his fingers.

Whose fingers let it trickle through.