وبَحْريٍّ تَلاعَبَ في شَريطٍ

وجِيءَ الفِعْلُ متّصِلَ الصُّموتِ

A sea played on a strip

The verbs flowed, connected whispers

تَدَلّى وارْتَقى وسَما وأهْوَى

فأعْجَبَ في التّماسُكِ والثُّبوتِ

It dangled, climbed, soared and dove

Amazing in its cohesion and steadiness

فقُلْنا إنْ يَكُنْ بَشَراً سَوِيّاً

فَفيهِ غَريزَةٌ منْ عَنْكَبوتِ

We said, if it's an ordinary human

It has the instincts of a spider