انظر اليها والنسرُ منحدرٌ

والليلُ جيشٌ نجومُه خُوَذُه

Look at her, the eagle swoops down

And the night, its army of stars its armor

كأنّها حين أعرضت نَمِرٌ

يَظهَرُ لي من حجابهِ فَخِذُه

As if when she turned away, a panther

Revealed to me from its cover, its thigh