كَأَنَّ الشَرارَ عَلى نارِنا

كَأَنَّ الشَرارَ عَلى نارِنا

وَقَد راقَ مَنظَرُهُ كُلَّ عَينِ

وَقَد راقَ مَنظَرُهُ كُلَّ عَينِ

It is as though the sparks above our fire—

The sparks are like fire upon our fire

and indeed their sight has delighted every eye—

And their sight has pained every eye

سُحالَةُ تِبرٍ إِذا ما عَلَت

سُحالَةُ تِبرٍ إِذا ما عَلَت

فَإِمّا هَوَت فُفُتاتُ اللُجينِ

فَإِمّا هَوَت فُفُتاتُ اللُجينِ

are filings of raw gold when they rise,

Flakes of ashes when they fly aloft

but if they fall, then fragments of silver.

Then they crumble like bits of dry clay