وَلَقدْ ذَكَرْتُكِ وَالنُّجُومُ كَأَنَّها

دُرٌّ عَلى أَرْضٍ مِنَ الفَيْرُوزَجِ

I remembered you as the stars appeared

Like pearls on a ground of turquoise

يَلْمَعْنَ مِنْ خَلَلِ السَّحابِ كأَنَّها

شَرَرٌ تَطايَرُ عَنْ يَبيسِ العَرْفَجِ

Gleaming through the clouds as if they were

Sparks flying from the striking of the flint

وَالأُفْقُ أَحْلَكُ مِنْ خَواطِرِ كَاسِبٍ

بِالشعر يَسْتَجْدي اللِّئامَ وَيَرْتَجِي

And the horizon was darker than the thoughts of a poet

Who begs the ignoble with verse and implores