ومُهنّدٍ عَجَنَ الحَديد لقينه

في الطّبع نيرانٌ مُلِئْنَ رياحَا

The blacksmith forged iron into a lance for his war

In his nature were fiery winds filling the air

رُوحٌ إذا أخرَجْتَهُ من جسمه

دخَلَ الجسُومَ فأخرَجَ الأرواحا

A spirit - when you take it out from its body

It enters bodies and brings out souls

وكأنّهُ قَفْرٌ لعينكَ موحشٌ

أبَداً تَمُرّ ببابه ضحضاحا

It's as if it's an empty wasteland to your eye

You never pass by its door laughing

وكأنّما جنٌّ تُرِيكَ تخيُّلاً

فيه الحسانَ من الوجوه قباحا

It's as if it's a jinn showing you imaginings

In it the beautiful faces are ugly

وكأنّ كلّ ذُبابَةٍ غرقَتْ به

رَفَعَتْ مكانَ الأثْرِ منهُ جَنَاحا

It's as if every gnat that drowned in it

Raised the place of its trace from it a wing