1. صَدَعَ الظَّلاَمَ بِهَا وَحَثَّ كُؤُوسَهَا

    صِرْفاً بغَيْرِ بُلاَلَةٍ مِنْ مَاءِ

    He cleft the darkness with it and drank its cups in haste,

    Unmixed, without a drop of water.

  2. فَلَوَ انَّهُمْ نَظَرُوا إلَى أَحْشَائِهِ

    لَرَأَوْهُ مِثْلَ حُبَاحِبِ الظَّلْمَاءِ

    So, had they looked into his entrails,

    They would have seen him like fireflies in the darkness.