وذي نِجادٍ هِرَقْليٍّ يُشَرِّفُهُ

كأنّهُ أجَلٌ يَسطُو به قَدَرُ

With an elegant neck like a noble Herculean

As if he were a sublime fate being fulfilled

كأنّما مَسَحَ القَينُ الجريءُ به

كفّاً وقد نهَشَتْهُ حيّةٌ ذكَرُ

As if the bold warrior had wiped him with his palm

After a snake had bitten it