كأنَّ البحرَ إذْ طَلَعَتْ ذُكاءٌ

ولاح بمتنه منها شعاعُ

As though the sea, when intelligence rose over it,

Flashed from it a ray, and armies appeared

جيوشٌ في السوابغِ قد تبدَّى

لبيضِ الهندِ بينهما التماع

In flowing robes, vying, between the brilliance of their arms

And the whiteness of India, in their gleaming.