بَدا الصُّبحُ مِن تَحتِ الظَّلام كَأَنَّه

خَوافي جَناحي هَيقَلٍ باتَ حاضِنا

Dawn emerged from beneath the darkness as though

It were a dove whose wings overnight had nestled.

وَإِلا فَكَالثَّوبِ السَّماوِيِّ مُعلَماً

شَقيقاً بَدا في أَسفَل الثَّوب بائِنا

Else it seemed like a heavenly raiment now adorned

With broidered hems that at its lower rim stand out.