1. فَكَأَنَّهُنَّ وَقَد تَرَجَّلَت الضُحى

    وَدَعٌ تَكَبَّدَ صَحصَحاناً أَفيَحا

    So they seemed, with the morning light now risen high,

    Like cowrie shells at the heart of a broad, level plain.