وأهيف دري الأديم سألته

لمن ينتمي في الأصل قال لي العذر

And I asked the eternal sky

To whom did it originally belong, it excused itself to me

وإني أخاف العار فيما سألتني

فوالدتي زنجية وأبي حر

And that it fears disgrace in what I asked it

For its mother is black and its father is free

فقلت له لا عار في ذاك إنما

من الصبح والظلماء يستخرج الدر

So I said to it, there is no shame in that

Rather pearls are extracted from the morn and the dark