1. حَتّى أَزالَ الصُبحَ فاضَلَ ذَيلُهُ

    كَالنيلِ يَخطُرُ في نَوادي يَعرُبِ

    Until dawn swept away the remnant of its train,

    striding proudly, like the Nile, through the assemblies of Yaʿrub.