1. وأرى الهلال بن الثلاث مطرزا

    ثوب الدجى والجو في زرق العصب

    And I see the crescent, three nights old, embroidering

    the robe of night, while the sky wears blue-striped cloth;

  2. فكأنما فرش الأمير المرتجى

    ألقى بروض بنفسج نعل الدهب

    as though the steed of the prince in whom hopes are placed

    had cast a golden horseshoe into a meadow of violets.