1. أَرى الفَحمَ في الكانونِ ذا لَهَبٍ غَدا

    يَلوحُ وَيَخفى حَيثُ في اللَّيلِ ظُلمةُ

    I see the charcoal in the brazier, now aflame,

    Gleaming and vanishing in the darkness of night,

  2. كَجَيشٍ مِنَ الزَّنجِ اِستَدارَت جُموعُه

    وَمِن بَينِهِم تَبدو وَتَخفى الأسِنّةُ

    Like an army of the Zanj whose troops have formed a circle,

    And from among them the spearheads appear and disappear.