ولابسٍ نُقَبَ الأعْراض جوهره

لهُ انسيابُ حُبابٍ رَقْشُهُ الحَبَبُ

Wearing the garb of modesty is his essence

He flows smoothly like beads strung together

إذا الصَّبا زلقت فيه سنابكُها

حسبته مُنْصُلاً في متنه شُطَبُ

When the breeze blows through his boughs

You'd think he was a paddle in the sea's midst

وردتُهُ ونجوم الليل مائلةٌ

كما تدَحرَجَ دُرٌّ ما له ثُقَبُ

I returned to find him with the night stars tilting

Like a pearl rolling, flawless and un-pierced

ومغربٍ طعنته غيرَ نابيةٍ

أسنَّةٌ هي إن حققتها شهبُ

And a sunset stabbed by uncouth

Spears, if you look closely, are its rays

ومشرقٍ كيمياءُ الشمسِ في يدهِ

ففضةُ الماءِ من إلقائها ذهبُ

And a sunrise with the sun's alchemy in its hand

For the water's silver turns to gold when cast by it