1. أفسر بالرمل الذي لايفسرُ

    وأبدأ كشف الشعر صمتا فابصرُ

    I interpret through sand that cannot be interpreted.

    And I begin unveiling poetry in silence, and so I see.

  2. كأن احتكاك الروح بالصمت ردها

    إلى دهشة في خاطر لا تخطرُ

    As though the soul's friction with silence had returned it

    To a wonder that never crosses the mind.

  3. تسللت في المرآة كالصوت في الصدى

    وظلي على المرآة بالحلم يقطرُ

    I slipped into the mirror like sound within an echo,

    And my shadow on the mirror drips with the dream.

  4. فأولت من ظلي حروفا تشكلت

    كأني لظلي في التواشيح أسطرُ

    So I interpreted letters that took shape from my shadow,

    As though I were writing for my shadow in the lyrical chants.