1. وَلُجَّةٍ تُفرَقُ أَو تُعشَقُ

    فَما تَني أَحشاؤُها تَخفِقُ

    And a deep expanse of water, feared or loved,

    For its depths never cease to throb.

  2. يَسيرُ فيها سائِرٌ هاجَها

    مِنَ الصَبا مُزبِدُهُ يُقلِقُ

    Through it moves a roving gust that has roused it—

    A gust of the east wind, whose foaming surge disquiets.

  3. فَخِلتُني في وَسطِها فارِساً

    قُرِّبَ مِنهُ فَرَسٌ أَبلَقُ

    So I fancied myself a horseman in its midst,

    To whom a piebald horse had been brought.