وأشقر نبت عارضه تراه

وأشقر نبت عارضه تراه

كأن شعاع وجنته تلالا

كأن شعاع وجنته تلالا

And one whose cheek-hair is red—you see him

as though the radiance of his cheek were sparkling.

ودبت فوقه حمر المنايا

ودبت فوقه حمر المنايا

ولكن بعد ما مسخت نمالا

ولكن بعد ما مسخت نمالا

And red deaths crept over it,

but only after being transformed into ants.