1. وَيَومٍ كَظِلِّ الرُمحِ قَصَّرَ طولَهُ

    دَمُ الزِقِّ عَنّا وَاِصطِفاقُ المَزاهِرِ

    And a day like a spear’s shadow—its length was shortened

    for us by the wineskin’s blood and the strumming of lutes.

  2. كَأَنَّ أَباريقَ الشُمولِ عَشيَّةً

    إِوَزَّ بِأَعلى الطَفِّ عوجُ المَناقِرِ

    As though the wine ewers at evening

    were geese in upper al-Taff, with curved beaks.