بيضاءُ في لّجةٍ خضراءَ سابحةٌ

عدوُّها النورُ بل أضدادُها الظُّلَمُ

A white one, swimming in a green abyss,

Light is her enemy—rather, the darknesses are her opposites.

لها من النور وجهٌ كلُّه نُقَطٌ

وغرَّةٌ كلُّها للناظرَين فمُ

She has a face of light, all speckled with dots,

And a brow-blaze that, to those who behold her, is all mouth.

مِن حولها مفردات عن تجمِّعِها

كأنهنَّ بناتٌ وهي أمُّهُمُ

Around her are solitary ones, apart from their gathering,

As though they were daughters, and she their mother.

إذا أحطنَ بها من كلِّ ناحيةٍ

حنَّت لهنَّ بثديٍ كلُّه حَلَمُ

When they surround her from every side,

She yearns for them with a breast that is all nipples.