طَيّارَةٌ وَلها فَرْخانِ وَاعَجَبا

إذ لا تَزُفّهُما حتى تَرقّاها

A bird with two chicks astounded

As she would not feed them till they fully feathered

كَأنّما البَحرُ عَينٌ وَهيَ أسودَها

فَسَبْحُها فيه وَالعَبْرَانِ جفناها

As though the sea were her eye and they its pupils

So she swims in it, while they blink their lids