1. أُنْظُرْ إليهِ والأصيلُ مؤَرَّسٌ

    والشّمْسُ تُرْسِلُ منْ عِنانِ عَسيرِها

    Look at it, while late afternoon is saffron-dyed,

    and the sun loosens the rein of her unruly mount.

  2. فكأنّما هوَ زِئبَقٌ مترَجْرِجٌ

    ألْقَتْ علَيْهِ الشّمْسُ منْ إكْسيرِها

    It is as though it were quivering mercury

    upon which the sun has cast some of her elixir.