1. كَم نَحوكُم اِنطلَقتُ كالسَهمِ مَضى

    آتي مُتَسَرِّعاً كَبَرقٍ وَمَضا

    How often I have darted toward you, like an arrow speeding on;

    I come rushing, like lightning that flashed.

  2. ما أَصوَبَ في التُربِ وقوعي قَلقاً

    كالسَهمِ هُناك لَو أَصبت الغَرَضا

    How fitting my fall into the dust, trembling, would be,

    Like an arrow there, if I struck the mark.