وباسم شمتُ في الظلماء بارقة

وغلَّةُ القلب في شؤبوبه البردِ

With the name I mocked the oppressors with a flash

And the heart's burden in its gloomy coldness

ألمَّ بالروض كي يجلو معاطفهُ

فنوره خجلٌ في غصنهِ الخضد

It touched the meadows to clear its coats

So its light is shy in its green branch

والأفق قلبٌ سوادُ الليل حبتهُ

والنجم كالطرف نضوُ الأين والسهد

And the horizon is a heart, the night's darkness is its seed

And the star like an eyelid, soft and sleepy

أغنى وألقى لتخفيهِ ذوائبهُ

فأبيض للحزنِ وأسودَّت من الحسد

I sang and recited to hide its defects

So it's white with sorrow and blackened with envy