أَلَا أَيُّهَا اللَّيْلُ الطَّوِيلُ أَلَا انْجَلِي بِصُبْحٍ، وَمَا الْإِصْبَاحُ مِنْكَ بِأَمْثَلِ
O long night, clear away into morning—though morning is no better than you.
The poet addresses the night with “انْجَلِي,” yet the night is not a voluntary agent capable of obeying commands. The underlying effect is a wish for the night’s passing and an expression of distress.
انْجَلِي: is imperative in form but here carries wishing rather than an effective command.
وَمَا الْإِصْبَاحُ مِنْكَ بِأَمْثَلِ: shows that the speaker’s pain does not depend solely on darkness; even daybreak offers no simple relief.