وقَفِت على الغُصنِ الجديدِ كأنّما

تلهُو بهِ في الغَيمِ أو يلهُو بِها

She stood upon the newborn branch as though

She and the clouds were playing with it impishly

وتستّرت في سروةٍ مُلتفّةٍ

حِجبت عنِ الأبصار شخصَ رقيبها

And took cover in a coiled pine tree

Shielding from sight her watchman's form thereby

فكأنّما ريحُ الجَنوبِ تغايرت

ألا تُرى إلاّ لوقتِ هُبوبها

As though the warm southerly wind had changed

Invisible unless when in its blowing

باتَت تُغازُلها فلمّا أصبحت

بَرزت لنا كالشّمسِ تبل غُروبها

It stayed to caress her, and when daybreak came

She rose before us like the sun, her glowing