ياقوتَةٌ صفراءُ قد رُكِّبَتْ

في خاتَمٍ أبْيَضَ كافُورِي

A yellow topaz was set

In a white camphor ring

ضِدّانِ قد أُلِّفَ مَعْنَاهُمَا

في لونِ مَعشُوقٍ ومهجُورِ

Two opposites were reconciled

In color of beloved yet abandoned

كأنّها صُفْرَهُ شمسٍ عَلَتْ

علَى هِلالٍ تَمَّ في النُّورِ

As if it were the yellow of a high sun

Upon a crescent completed in light