لو أنَّ بيضةَ زاغٍ راحَ يحضُنُها

في جَنّةِ الخلْدِ طاووسٌ ويرأَمُها

If a toad's egg was nurtured

In Paradise by a peacock who warmed it

وكان بالكوثرِ العذب الفرات لِدى

حَضيرة القدسِ مرباها ومطعمها

And the sweet Euphrates River by the Kauthar

Was its habitat and feeding place in the vicinity of Jerusalem

لم تأتِ إِلاّ بزاغٍ وهي صاغرة

وذلك الأصلُ لا ينفكُّ يَلْزَمُها

It would still come out only as a gaping toad

For that is the essence it cannot escape or shed