وأغرَّ مصقولِ الأديمِ تخالُهُ

وأغرَّ مصقولِ الأديمِ تخالُهُ

بَرْقَاً إذا جَمَعَ العتاقَ رهانُ

بَرْقَاً إذا جَمَعَ العتاقَ رهانُ

And a white-blazed steed, sleek of hide—you would take it for

The polished leather of his saddle gleams

lightning when a race brings the thoroughbreds together.

Like lightning when the stakes are laid for race

يطأ الثرى متبختراً فكأنَّه

يطأ الثرى متبختراً فكأنَّه

من لحظِهِ في متنه نشوان

من لحظِهِ في متنه نشوان

It treads the earth with swagger, as though it were

He steps proudly on the earth, as though

drunk from gazing at its own back.

Its living soul were trembling in his pace

فكأنَّ بدرَ التِّمِّ فوقَ سَراته

فكأنَّ بدرَ التِّمِّ فوقَ سَراته

حُسْناً وبين جفونِهِ كيوان

حُسْناً وبين جفونِهِ كيوان

So it is as though the full moon were upon its back

The full moon riding o’er the saddle’s seat

in beauty, and Saturn between its eyelids.

Is beauty, while between the lids his gaze