إذا ما رمى بسهام القطار

على هدف الماء قوس الغمام

When the archer of clouds launched arrows of rain

At the water's surface, the target of his aim,

رأيت الفواقع فى سطحه

رؤوس نصال لتلك السهام

I saw in its ripples the sparkling tips

Of the arrowheads from that volley of rain.