وميدان تجول به خيول
تقود الدارعين ولا تقادُ
And a field where horses roam—
And a field where horses roam,
they lead the armored men, yet are not led.
Leading the armor-clad, yet not themselves led.
ركبت به الى اللذات طرفاً
له جسم وليس له فؤاد
Across it toward delights, I rode a noble steed;
There I rode a steed toward pleasures,
it has a body, but it has no heart.
With a body, but no heart.
جرى فظننت أن الأرض وجه
ودجلة ناظر وهو السواد
It raced on, so I imagined the land a face,
It ran, so I thought the earth a face,
and the Tigris its pupil—that face being al-Sawād.
And the Tigris an eye, and it the black pupil.
Sol 6.1