1. وَرَدنا بِزَوغى وَالغُروبُ كَأَنَّها

    أَهاضيبُ سودٌ في جَوانِبِها زُمرُ

    We reached Bizawgha, and the great leather buckets seemed like

    Black hills, with groups at their sides.

  2. فَقامَ إِلَينا البائِعونَ كَأَنَّهُم

    نُجومٌ تَهاوَت مِن مَطالِعِها زُهرُ

    Then the sellers rose to meet us, as though they were

    Bright stars tumbling from their rising places.

  3. فَمِن مائِلٍ عِندي شَرابٌ مُعَتَّقٌ

    وَمِن تائِهٍ بِالخَمرِ أَسكَرَهُ الفِكرُ

    So one leaned close: “I have well-aged wine”;

    And another, boasting of wine, was made drunk by thought.