ومُحَجَّلٍ لَبِسَ الظَّلا

مَ وخاضَ في جِسمِ الصَّباحِ

Clad in speckled clothes he walked in the shade

And waded into the body of the morning

يَحْوِي بحُسن سَوادِه

فَضْلاً على البِيضِ المِلاحِ

With his blackness he contains more charm

Than salty white has to offer

وترى بغُرَّتِه إذا

قابَلْتَه عَلَمَ النجاحِ

When you see his pride as he faces

The flag of success, his beauties call out

تَدْعُو محاسنُه العيو

نَ إليه من كلِّ النواحي

To him from all directions

His sight quenches the thirsty

وتنوبُ للظمآنِ رُؤْ

يَتُه عن الماءِ القَراحِ

Better than fresh cold water

His ears nearly answer when

وتكاد أُذْناه تُجيبُ إ

ذا أصاخ عن الصِّياح

Someone calls out crying

He sang and rejoiced to the breeze and kept dancing cheerfully

غَنَّى وطَرَّبَ بالصَّهي

ل وظلّ يَرْقُص للمِراح

He walked tipsily and swayed

Like one intoxicated with pleasure

ومشى العِرَضْنى وانثنى

كالمُنْتَشي من شُربِ راح

He looked up to the wild sky and said

What bothers you, making you so gloomy

وسَما إلى وَحْشِ البَرا

حِ وقال ما لك من بَراح

If I were free I would suggest

One with four feet shod with the winds

ذاك الذي لو كنتُ مقْ

ترِحاً لكان من اقتراحي

Before him we never saw

A bird that could fly without wings

ذو أَرْبَعٍ قد أُنعِلَتْ

بالأرْبَعِ الهُوجِ الرياح

Handsome, and more beautiful than him

In my eyes and than meadow flowers

ما إن رَأَيْنا قبلَه

طيراً يطير بلا جناح

And softer than dewy lips that reveal

Gaping holes like strawberry patches

حَسَنٌ وأحسَنُ منه في

عَيْنِي ومن زَهْرِ البِطاح

A line came which taught me

A precious string of eloquent words

ومِن الشِّفاه اللُّمْيِ تُبْ

دي عن ثغورٍ كالأقاحِ

I adorned my verses with it

And forgot my woeful laments

خَطٌّ أتى فأفادوني

دُرّاً من الكَلِمِ الفِصاح

وشَّحْتُ ألفاظي به

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