غرَّاء تحسبها غُموداً كلّما

شهَرَتْ بوارقُها بها أسيافا

Illusions you think are lasting whenever

its lightning brandishes swords through it

كُسِىَ الثَّرَى لمّا همَتْ فظننتُها

بالحَزْنِ عِيرا أُوقرت أفوافا

The ground was covered when it intended so I thought it

with sorrow a caravan loaded with howdahs

وتناثرت دُرَرا عليه دموعُها

لما جَمَدن فخلتُها أصدافا

And its tears' pearls were scattered over it

when they froze so I found them shells