1. أما قويقٌ فارتدي بمعصفرٍ

    شرِقٍ بحمرتِه الغَداة بياضُهُ

    As for Quwayq, it has clothed itself in safflower-dyed cloth,

    its whiteness this morning suffused with its redness.

  2. فكأَنَّه فيما اكتسى من صبغِه

    نَفَضتْ شقائقَها عليه رياضُه

    So it is as though, in the hue it has donned,

    its meadows had shaken their anemones over it.