1. أنْكَرتُهُ لمّا أطَلَّ عارِضُهُ

    فقالَ لي حينَ رابَهُ نظَري

    I did not recognize him when his cheek-beard appeared.

    He said to me, when my gaze unsettled him:

  2. ألمْ تقُلْ لي بأنّني قمَرٌ

    فانْظُرْ الى وَبْرِ أرْنَبِ القمَرِ

    “Did you not tell me that I am a moon?

    Then look at the fur of the moon’s hare!”