1. اِنظُر إِلى فَحم كَأَنَّ لَهيبُهُ

    لمع الأَسنة في مَثار القَسطَلِ

    Look at charcoal, as though its flame were

    the gleam of spearheads amid swirling battle dust.

  2. فَكَأَنَّهُ وَالنار في أَحشائِهِ

    صَدر الحَسود وَنعمة المُتَفَضِلِ

    So it and the fire within its innards seem like

    the envious man's breast and the benefactor's bounty.