أرى نفّة الأنف لو لم تكن

أميرا على الكيف من غير مين

I see the breath of the nose as though it were not

A prince over the how without a where

لما كان مسكنها قصبة

وتلزمُها نوبةُ الإصبعين

Its abode would not have been a flute

And the two fingers would not have tended it