1. As though the sea, when intelligence rose over it,
Flashed from it a ray, and armies appeared
١. كأنَّ البحرَ إذْ طَلَعَتْ ذُكاءٌ
ولاح بمتنه منها شعاعُ
2. In flowing robes, vying, between the brilliance of their arms
And the whiteness of India, in their gleaming.
٢. جيوشٌ في السوابغِ قد تبدَّى
لبيضِ الهندِ بينهما التماع