قد خلط البياض بالسوادِ

وأحكم التدبير بالتردادِ

Black and white have intermixed,

And destiny has intertwined with hesitation.

وأخرج الرطب من الشدادِ

وغاض ما فيها من السوادِ

The juicy fruits have emerged from the unripe,

And the darkness within has faded away.

وصارت الأجساد بالأهماد

بلا نفوس فهي كالجمادِ

Bodies became like corpses in shrouds,

Soulless, thus like inanimate matter.

ثم التقطنا زهرة الأجسادِ

وهو الصدى من ذلك الرمادِ

Then we picked the flower of the bodies,

Which is the echo of that ash.

والماء يشتاق إليه الصادي

سبع مرار كَمَل الأعدادِ

And the thirsty yearns for it seven times,

As the number was complete.

ولم تزل تنضج بالإيقادِ

في الجسد البالي بلا فسادِ

It continued to ripen with burning

In the withered body without decay.

غاص بها رمائم البلادِ

وصار خلطانا إلى اتحادِ

The elite of the countries dove into it,

And our mixture became unified.

وأنجب الروحان في الميلادِ

كأنما كانا على ميعادِ

The two spirits gave birth at conception

As if they had set a rendezvous.