1. كأنّا بِتامَسْنا نَجوسُ خِلالَها

    ومَمْدودُها في سيْرِنا ليْسَ يَقْصُرُ

    As we roam through Tamasna, it is as though we were

    —and its expanse grows no shorter as we travel—

  2. مَراكِبُ في البحْرِ المُحيطِ تخبّطَتْ

    ولا جِهَةٌ تُدْرى ولا بَرٌّ يُبْصَرُ

    ships floundering in the encircling ocean,

    with no direction known and no land in sight.