وأخضر لولا آيةٌ ما ركبتُهُ
وللّه تصريفُ القضاءِ كما شاءَ
And a green sea—were it not for a miracle, I would never have ventured upon it;
And to God belongs the ordering of destiny, however He wills.
أقول حذاراً من ركوب عبابه
أيا ربّ إن الطينَ قد ركبَ الماءَ
I cry, “Beware of riding its raging swell—
O Lord! Clay has indeed mounted water!”
Sol 5.6