1. وَنَهرٍ مِنَ الأَنهارِ أَلقَت يَدُ الصَّبا

    عَلَيهِ شَقيقاً نارُهُ تَتَضَرَّمُ

    And a river among rivers—the hand of the east wind has cast

    Upon it red anemones whose fire blazes.

  2. كَأَنَّ اِبيِضاضَ الماءِ تَحتَ اِحمِرارِهِ

    صَفيحَةُ سَيفٍ قَد جَرى فَوقَها دَمُ

    As though the water’s whiteness beneath their redness

    Were a sword blade over which blood has flowed.