1. The partridge donned a yellow mantle at dawn
Whose whiteness turned rosy in the morning light
١. أما قويقٌ فارتدي بمعصفرٍ
شرِقٍ بحمرتِه الغَداة بياضُهُ
2. As if, when it took on its color,
His meadows had shed their anemones upon it
٢. فكأَنَّه فيما اكتسى من صبغِه
نَفَضتْ شقائقَها عليه رياضُه