تأملت في الحمَّامِ تحتَ مآزرٍ

روادفَ غيدٍ ما سناها بغائب

I gazed upon the doves below the eaves

Aligned in rows, though absent were their mates

كأنيَ من هذي وهاتيك ناظرٌ

بياضَ العطايا في سوادِ المطالب

As though between these here and those yon

I spy gifts’ pallor midst pursuits so dark