وَلَيْلٍ كَمَوْجِ الْبَحْرِ أَرْخَى سُدُولَهُ
عَلَيَّ بِأَنْوَاعِ الْهُمُومِ لِيَبْتَلِي
And a night like the waves of the sea let down its curtains
Upon me with all kinds of sorrows to test me
المصدر · Source: Diwan Imru' al-Qais. Trans. A.J. Arberry
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