ومفطر يعدو على صائم

لهفان في ناحية الشاطي

A breakfaster rushing by a faster

Yearning on the shore's edge

لا الكاس تصيبه ولو انها

من كف احوى رشأ عاطي

The cup won't reach him though it's

From a palm more generous in its spray

ينشدني الشعر الرقيق الذي

كأنه الدرّ بأسماط

He recites gentle poetry as though

It were pearls in unbroken strands