كَأَنَّ قَرَى السِّيدانِ فِى الآلِ غُدوَةً

كَأَنَّ قَرَى السِّيدانِ فِى الآلِ غُدوَةً

قَرَى حَبَشِىٍّ فِى رَكابَينِ واقِفُ

قَرَى حَبَشِىٍّ فِى رَكابَينِ واقِفُ

As though the wolves’ backs in the early-morning mirage

Were the back of an Abyssinian standing in two stirrups.