1. As if my eyes, when their caravan turned from me,
Were a dove's wings that met a rain cloud,
١. كَأَنَّ عَينيَّ إِذ وَلَّت حُمولُهُمُ
مِنّي جَناحا حَمامٍ صادَفا مَطَرا
2. Or smooth pearls in a maiden's necklace
That playing children struggled for and scattered.
٢. أَوَ لؤلؤٌ سَلسٌ في عِقدِ جاريَةٍ
وَرهاءَ نازَعَها الوِلدانُ فاِنتَثَرا