1. بَدَا وَجْهُهُ مِنْ فَوْقِ أَسْمَر قَدِّهِ

    وَقَدْ لاحَ مِنْ ليْلِ الذَّوائِبِ في جُنْحِ

    His face appeared above the dusky spear of his stature,

    And shone from the night of his tresses, amid the gloom.

  2. فَقُلْتُ عَجيبٌ كَيْفَ لَمْ يَذْهَب الدُّجَى

    وَقَدْ طَلَعَتْ شَمْسُ النَّهارِ على رُمْحِ

    So I said, “How strange! How has the darkness not departed,

    When the sun of day has already risen upon a spear?”