1. The stars taught with an observer, thus made clear
And lingered in confinement, so Suhban went far

2. The breath of ease blew on the bottle as though
It were a lute restored by a Yemeni lad

3. One accustomed to a melody repeating with his palm
A pen on withered reeds that bloomed and were erect

4. Or a Muslim whose Ulawiyyah was wrought
That molded the backs of she-camels and erected tents

5. For the Hanthalia its verses became like signs
That shine beneath the darkness of the young men

6. It endured, but those who solved it did not endure
And it was transformed into a thread from cords

7. While the negligent with the resolute behind
And the lover coquetting with the weavers

8. So I turned away from their ruins arrogantly
Like a mare free of restraint or construction

9. I timed the plastered rose a morning
I arrived before the colors were distinct

10. An old friendship its pact with companions
Amongst yellow, brilliant and rolling sands

11. So I shed a tear upon a well-formed one
Of fair creation and balanced limbs

12. So a soul was immersed and realized its goal
The tendons of the throat plunging to the chins

13. Then I folded my palms, the wine flask and bread
And their places, the guitars and entertainers

14. Like an Indian ship with a repaired hull
In laid and painted compartments

15. So its ancient planking came together
That barely two planks can make it right

16. It was as if it, on the day its crescent waned
Or the smooth-cheeked ewe of Iran

17. Inclined to its poles with its stars obscured
On a moonless night

18. The sands blow away from the ground which
A dune whose slipping is on the sand hills

19. So dawn salvaged the remainder of its breath
Stripped bare like the flash of lightning

20. Had it been to scare it away, the birds
Of the winds presented themselves to peck

21. So he proceeded cautiously, inherited readiness
With a lance quivering above his forehead

22. Until a pack resembling hyenas drew near
Racing with them, most quick like the mules

23. So he protected his warriors and warded off with his lightning
The vulnerability of the companions in battle

24. Sparks upon the pulse of hearts advancing
As if he cleaved them with a blade

25. Until the blindness of his horde turned from him
As if their prone forms were those of Dhi Nun

26. He crossed the interrupted dune as if he were
A lion stripped bare by the sun after imprisonment

27. Walking proudly and going to the side
A few steps to fulfill the need of the timid

28. Was it that or was it Sa’al like his beard hair
Thrown on branches

29. Casting the train of his beard, gathering
Gripping the shoulders, a captive of assemblies

30. Sa'al like the lower canal performing his duty
As if his braid was a bucket of tar

31. Busy with the nakedness of duty, a garment
Walking amidst the milk in two lines

32. It followed from the limit of robes
Between the conduit and discharge of the culverts

33. A basket of luxuries struck by dew
And rarities from the sermon of the preachers

34. Until when evening came they took comfort
For staying a night in a Bedouin camp

35. His stay grew long and spring changed his era
With the lightning of Al Kabu