لِلَّهِ أَشقَرُ لَو تُجاريه الصَّبا
باعاً لَخَرت لِليَدَينِ وَلِلفَمِ
By God—what a chestnut horse! Should the east wind race him
for a single fathom’s length, it would surely fall upon its hands and mouth.
وكأَنّه وَعَلَيهِ عَبدٌ أَسودٌ
نارٌ تَأَجَّجُ في فُؤَادِ مُتَيَّمِ
And as though he—with a black necklace upon him—were
a fire blazing in the heart of a love-enthralled man;
أَو فَحمَةٌ سَوداءُ أُوقِدَ بَعضُها
فَنَظَرت مِنهَا أشقراً في أَدهَمِ
or a black coal, part of it set alight,
in which you would behold a chestnut horse within a black one.
وَكَأَنَّما هُوَ يُجرَى بِهِ
بَرقٌ يَفِرُّ بِقِطعِ لَيلٍ مُظلِمِ
And when he is put to the gallop, it is as though he were
a lightning bolt fleeing through patches of a dark night.
Sol 5.6