أَقبَلَ الثَلجُ في غلائِلِ نَورٍ

تَتَهادى بِلُؤلُؤٍ مَنشودِ

The snow came in strands of light

Swaying with desired pearls

فَكَأَنَّ السَماءَ صاهَرت الأَر

ضَ فَصارَ النَثارُ من كافورِ

As if the sky had fused with the earth

And the falling flakes were camphor