ولاعبٍ يعرِبُ شطرنجهُ

عن فهمِه المتَّقدِ الصائب

A player moves his chess pieces

Expressing his keen intellect

يغيب لكن ذهنه حاضرٌ

يا حبَّذا من حاضرٍ غائب

Though absent, his mind is present

What a fine paradox of presence and absence