1. مَلِكٌ يُرَوِّضُ فَوقَ طِرفٍ قارِعٍ

    كُرَةً بِجَو كانٍ حَكاهُ ضَبابا

    A king, atop a pounding steed, tames

    a ball with a polo mallet he likened to mist.

  2. فَكَأَنَّ بَدراً في سَماهُ راكِباً

    بَرقاً يُزَحزِحُ بِالهِلالِ شِهابا

    So it is as though a full moon in its sky, riding

    lightning, were moving a shooting star with the crescent.