1. وَدَوِّيَّةٍ أَنضَيتُ فيها مَطِيَّتي

    وَجيفاً وَطَرفي بِالسَماءِ مُوَكَّلُ

    And in many a wilderness I wore out my mount,

    at a swift trot, my gaze fixed upon the sky.

  2. سَمِعتُ بِها لِلجِنِّ في كُلِّ ساعَةٍ

    عَزيفاً كَأَنَّ القَلبُ مِنهُ مُخَبَّلُ

    There, at every hour, I heard from the jinn

    an eerie sound, as though the heart were maddened by it.