وَلَيْلٍ كَمَوْجِ البَحْرِ أَرْخَى سُدُولَهُ
عَلَيَّ بِأَنْوَاعِ الهُمُومِ 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: Mu'allaqa, line 44. A.J. Arberry, The Seven Odes (1957)