1. I look at the inscription from its crumbling edges
Like violets scattered on its surface
١. أُنظُر إِلى النَقشِ مِن أَطرافِها البَضَّه
مِثلَ البَنَفسَجِ مَنثوراً عَلى فِضَّه
2. Or as if its angles took the edges of pottery
And arranged it on a fresh clay tablet
٢. أَو خِلتَها أَخَذَت أَطرافَ خُرَّمَةٍ
فَنَضَّدَتهُ عَلى جِمارَةٍ غَضَّه