كأنَّمَا اللَّوزُ إذْ أودَى الشِّتَاءُ بِهِ

فَظَلَّ يحمَرُّ مِنهُ أخْضَرُ الوَرَقِ

As if the almond tree when winter's cold laid hold on it

Turned from green leaves to red, as virgin in a robe

عَذْرَاءُ في حُلَّةٍ خَضْرَاءَ فَاجَأَهَا

خَوفٌ فَحَاضَتْ فَغَشَّاها من العَلَقِ

Of grass-green startled by a fear, and so her blood

Suffused her cheek, as down her pale skin creep the red stains