1. أَهلاً بِفَجرٍ قَد نَضا ثَوبَ الدُجى

    كَالسَيفِ جُرِّدَ مِن سَوادِ قِرابِ

    Welcome to a dawn that has shed the robe of darkness,

    like a sword drawn from a scabbard's blackness,

  2. أَو غادَةٍ شَقَّت صِداراً أَزرَقاً

    ما بَينَ ثُغرتها إِلى الأَقرابِ

    or a maiden who has torn open a blue bodice

    from the hollow of her throat to her flanks.