1. سَقْياً لِيَوْمٍ بَدا قَوْسُ الغَمامِ بِهِ

    وَالشَّمْسُ مُسْفِرَةٌ والبَرْقُ خَلاسُ

    Rain-blessings on a day when the clouds’ bow appeared,

    The sun radiant, and the lightning a swift snatcher.

  2. كَأَنَّهُ قَوْسُ رامٍ والبُرُوقُ لَهُ

    رَشْقُ السِّهامِ وعَيْنُ الشَّمْسِ بُرْجاسُ

    As though it were an archer’s bow, and the lightning its

    Volley of arrows, and the sun’s eye a target.