1. أَحْمَرٌ كالخِضَابِ في صَفْحِ هادِيهِ

    مِنَ الهادِياتِ مِثْلُ الخِضَابِ

    Red as dye along the side of its neck,

    among necks, like dye.

  2. وكأنِّي أَرْمِي الهِضَابَ على حِينِ

    وَنَاهُ بِقْطعَةٍ مِنْ هِضَابِ

    And it is as though I pelt the hills, in the hour of

    its weariness, with a fragment of hills.

  3. وكأنِّي رَفَعْتُ بالبَرْقِ شَمْلا

    تي لَمّا ثَنَيْتُها بعقابِ

    And it is as though I raised with lightning the cloaks

    of mine, when I folded them over an eagle.