إذَا الشَّمْسُ ضَحَّتْ مَتْنَهَا يَسْتَعِدِّهُ

لِحَدّ الضحَى أحْوَى الشَّرَاسِيفِ أكْحَلُ

When the sun bares its back, he braces himself

for the keen edge of forenoon—dark-ribbed and kohl-eyed.