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With four like the claws of an eagle

وذي أربع كخوافي العقاب

1. With four like the claws of an eagle
He flies, outstripping the race from its course

١. وذي أربع كخوافي العُقَاب
يطيرُ بها السبق عن حلبَتِه

2. As though the breeze were chained behind him
Falling short of his reach and leap

٢. كأنّ الصَّبا قُيّدَتْ خَلْفَهُ
مُقَصّرَةً عن مدى وثبته

3. You see the night immersed in his face
And the dawn smiles from his excitement

٣. تَرى اللّيلَ يُغْمَسُ في وَجْهه
ويَبتَسِمُ الصبحُ من غُرّتِه

4. He offers it to the fray, a warrior
As though valor were in his constitution

٤. يقدّمُهُ للوغى مِحْرَبٌ
كأنّ الغَضنْفَرَ في نَثْلَته

5. As though the horizon were in his grip
Beware, beware his grip

٥. كأنّ المَدى منهُ في قبضَةٍ
فإيّاكَ إيّاكَ من قبضته

6. With a blueness in a brown that never fades
The blood of conflict like kohl in his blueness

٦. بأزْرَقَ في أسمرٍ لم يَزَلْ
دمُ الذِّمْرِ كالكحلِ في زرقته

7. And a rage to the souls of the lions of struggle
Whose rebukes lie in his scabbard

٧. وعضبٍ لأنْفُس أُسْدِ الكِفاح
معاطبُ تكمنُ في سلته

8. You see the greenness of water mixed
With the redness of fire on its surface

٨. ترى خضرَةَ الماء مشبوبَةً
بها حمرةُ النّار في صفحته

9. And you reckon it a valley brimming over
A mirage rippling in its wasteland

٩. وتحسبه وادياً مُفْعَماً
سراباً تموّج في قفرته

10. With it he attains relief on high
Whoever is crowded by care in his resolve

١٠. يَنَالُ به فُسْحَةً في العلى
مَنِ ازدحمَ الهمُّ في هِمّته