عَلى جَسرَةٍ لا يُدرِكُ الطَرفُ شأوَها

إذا جَدَّ مِن نصِّ الوَجيفِ ذُمورُ

On a bridge, whose breadth the eye cannot perceive,

When the visitor is wearied by the great breadth of the void,

مُوَثِّقَةٍ لَم تَنحَضِ البيدُ لَحمَها

قَوائِمُها فَوقَ الصُخورِ صُخورُ

Firmly constructed, its flesh never wasted by time,

Its legs above the rocks are rocks,

تُفَتَّقُ عَن ذاتِ الوِجادِ جرومُها

ولا يَبلُغُ الرُكبانُ حَيثُ تُغيرُ

Splitting itself from its loins are its wounds,

And the travelers reach not where it turns,

مُضَبَّرَةٍ جَلسٍ فأمّا عِظامُها

فَرَصفٌ وأمّا ليطُها فَحريرُ

Covered with layers of high seats, as for its bones,

They are like pavement, and as for its sides, they are like silk.

كأنّي إذا عالَيتُ جَوزَةَ مَتنِها

عَلى عُلويّاتِ الرياحِ أسيرُ

It seems as if, when I ascend the incline of its back,

On the most exalted parts of the winds, I am a captive.