1. وَمَسبَحٌ لِلسَمامِ تَعضُدُهُ

    يَهماءُ ما في أَديمِها أَثَرُ

    And an expanse for swifts to glide, supported by

    a trackless waste, with no trace upon its surface;

  2. كَأَنَّها بِالضُحى إِذا مَرِجَت

    يَمٌّ تَداعى تَيّارُهُ الأَشِرُ

    as though, at forenoon, when it shimmers,

    it were a sea whose unruly current surges.