وَسارِيَةٍ كَاللَّيلِ لَكن نُجومها

عَلى إِثر ما يَطلُعنَ فيها غَوائِرُ

With hair as dark as the night, but its stars

Appear after the ringlets that emerge in it.

فَلما اِستَدارَت في الهَواءِ كَأَنَّها

عُقابٌ مَتى ما يَخفقِ البَرقُ كاسِرُ

When it sways in the air, it looks

Like a falcon when lightning flashes and breaks.

وَشَمَّت دَوانيها الرُّبى بِأنوفِها

كَما شَمَّ أَكفالَ العَذارى الضَّفائِرُ

Its braids smelled the meadows with their noses

As young girls smell their plaits.

هَوت مِثلَما تَهوي العُقابُ كَأَنَّها

تَخافُ فَواتَ المحل فَهيَ تبادرُ

It fell as the falcon falls as if

It fears missing the place, so it hurries.

كَأَنَّ اِنتِثارَ القطرِ فيهِ ضَوابِطٌ

تُدارُ عَلى الغُدران مِنهُ دَوائِرُ

As if the scattering of rain in it has orbits

That revolve around the cheeks in circles.