أصبحت كالملاح صافح عينه

ملء النواظر من رواء باهر

His eyes became like a sailor's who saw

The vision filled with magnificent light

سحرته من حور البحار خريدةٌ

حرب النهى فغدا بغير مناصر

He was enchanted by a sea nymph he bought

Though forbidden, without an ally he fought

فمضى وقد ألهته عما يتقي

من صخرة تردى ويم زاخر

So he went as she had distracted him

From a falling rock and abundant danger

بيناه يرمقها تعالت حوله

لجج على لجج كطود سائر

While he looked at her, waves rose around

Surging swell upon swell like wandering dunes