1. تزرّدَ من فوقهِ سابِغٌ

    فوازره من حباب نَظيم

    A full coat of mail formed above it,

    and reinforced it with neatly strung bubbles.

  2. وإِنْ مزَّقَ الريحُ تلكَ الظَّلالَ

    فإِني بتمزيقِ جيبي زعيم

    And if the wind rends those shadows,

    then I pledge to rend my collar.

  3. ورُحتُ طروباً بالغصن يمي

    سُ بهْينَمَةٍ لصداه الرخيم

    And I grew enraptured by the bough as it sways,

    with a soft murmur, at its mellow echo.

  4. وأوسعَني جيّداً جِيدُهُ

    كما رُحنَ تعطو ظباءُ الصريمْ

    And its neck lavished good things upon me,

    as the gazelles of the sands went forth, reaching up.