1. أَصمَت سُوَيداءَ قَلبٍ مِن تَلَهُّبِها

    حَمراءُ وَالنارُ تَنضو حُلَّةَ الفَحَمِ

    A heart’s dark core has been mortally pierced by the blaze

    of a red ember, as the fire sheds the mantle of coal.

  2. كَأَنَّما اللَيثُ أَلقى لَونَ مُقلَتِهِ

    لَيلاً عَلَيها فَقَد مَلَّت مِنَ السَحَمِ

    As though the lion had cast the color of his eye

    upon it by night, for it has grown weary of blackness.

  3. وَالتُربُ نَقليهِ ظُلماً وَهوَ والِدُنا

    وَكَم لَنا فيهِ مِن قُربى وَمِن رَحِمِ

    And we loathe the dust unjustly, though it is our father;

    and how many ties of kinship and blood we have within it!