1. With life's vision have you ever seen
Letters written with the water of beauty on the leaves of flowers
١. بِعَيشِكَ هَل أَبصَرتَ مِن قَبلُ أَحرُفاً
كُتِبنَ بِماءِ الحُسنِ في طُرَرِ الزَهرِ
2. The blankness of paper it has bent as you see
The playfulness of scissors, line after line
٢. سَحاءَة قِرطاسٍ ثَنَتها كَما تَرى
مُلاعَبَةُ المِقراضِ سَطراً عَلى سَطرِ
3. Is it not wondrous that a writer be rewarded
With the camphor fragrance of paper instead of the musk scent of ink
٣. أَلَيسَ عَجيباً أَن يُعَوَّضَ كاتِبٌ
بِكافورَةِ القِرطاسِ عَن مِسكَةِ الحِبرِ