وظَبْيٍ تجرَّدَ عن قُمْصِهِ

وقد زَرَّ للْحُسْنِ أضْفَى قميصْ

A young man took off his shirt

And donned the garment of beauty

وأقْبَل يَسْبحُ في الماءِ تِيْهاً

فَيَبْدُو ويَخْفَى كَمَعْنىً عَويصْ

He went swimming in the water, lost

Appearing and disappearing like an elusive meaning

كأنَّ مُحَيَّاهُ بَدْرُ سَحابٍ

فَطوراً يَلُوحُ وطَوراً يغوصْ

As if his face were a moon in the clouds

Now shining, now vanishing from sight