وسحابٍ فيه بَرْقٌ

وسحابٍ فيه بَرْقٌ

بعُيونِ النَّوْرِ تُلْحَظْ

بعُيونِ النَّوْرِ تُلْحَظْ

And a cloud, with lightning in it,

And a cloud with lightning in it,

glances with eyes of light.

Beheld by the eyes of blossoms—

خِلْتُه لمَّا تَبَدَّى

خِلْتُه لمَّا تَبَدَّى

حَبَشِيّاً يتلَمّظْ

حَبَشِيّاً يتلَمّظْ

I fancied it, when it appeared,

I fancied it, when it appeared,

an Abyssinian licking his lips.

An Abyssinian licking his lips.