1. If only something that escaped death I had seized
Blindness, when the most gracious departed, the trysting-place,
١. فَلَو أَنَّ شَيئاً فائِتَ المَوتِ أَحرَزَت
عَمايَةُ إِذ راحَ الأَرَحُّ الموقِفُ
2. Lofty its glance, till it whitened, as though it were
A gelded camel that dried up when the camels marched off.
٢. سَما طَرفُهُ وَاِبيَضَّ حَتّى كَأَنَّهُ
خَصِيٌّ جَفَّت عِندَ الرَحائِلِ أَكلُفُ