تَترى رؤوسهمُ عليكَ كأنّها

نُغرّ تَواضَت فوقَ روسِ تلال

Their heads appear over you as if

They were doves cooing above hilltops

صُفّت بقارعةِ الرّصيفِ كأنما

تقضي صلاةَ الخوفِ دون كمالِ

Lined up along the pavement as though

They were performing the incomplete prayer of fear

فاستقبلتكَ كانّما عن توبةٍ

خضَعت لو ارتفعت إلى الأمهالِ

So I met you as if out of repentance

I had yielded if I had risen to the highlands