1. A black man swimming in the darkness
The pebbles do not conceal his betrayal
١. وَأَسوَدٍ يَسبَحُ في لُجَّةٍ
لاتَكتِمُ الحَصباءَ غُدرانُها
2. As if it, in its form, were an eyelid
And that black man, its pupil
٢. كَأَنَّها في شَكلِها مُقلَةٌ
وَذَلِكَ الأَسوَدُ إِنسانُها