1. A field where horses roam
Leading armored men but not led
١. وميدان تجول به خيول
تقود الدارعين ولا تقادُ
2. I have ridden in it to pleasures fleeting
It has a body but no heart
٢. ركبت به الى اللذات طرفاً
له جسم وليس له فؤاد
3. It flowed and I thought the ground was its face
And the Tigris its onlooking eye, such is its darkness
٣. جرى فظننت أن الأرض وجه
ودجلة ناظر وهو السواد