1. قال لهُ البرْقُ وقالت لهُ

    الرِّيحُ جميعاً وهُما ما هُما

    Lightning spoke to him, and to him spoke

    the wind, both together—and they are what they are:

  2. أأنتَ تَجري مَعَنا قال لا

    إن شِئتُ أضحكْتُكُما مِنكما

    “Are you running with us?” He said, “No.

    If I wished, I would make you both laugh at yourselves.

  3. هذا ارْتِدَادُ الطّرْف قد فُتُّه

    إلى المَدَى سَبقاً فمَنْ أنتُما

    This return of the glance—I have already outstripped it

    in racing to the goal; so who are you two?”