1. يا شهوةَ النومِ وما لدَّتُهْ

    جِسمٌ تغَشَّت غفلُتهْ

    O longing for sleep—and what is its delight?

    A body shrouded in its own oblivion.

  2. هل هو إلا مِيتَةُ عُجِّلتْ

    وإنما قد قرُبت رجَعتُهْ

    Is it anything but a death brought forward?

    Yet the return from it is close at hand.