1. Mu'ayyah's soul was truthful, so it set out,
And saw the certainty, finding no excuses.

2. Mu'ayyah fulfilled his duty to you,
And saw that his affair was resolute.

3. He saw Abu Hassaan with little to give,
So his eyes discerned him, a closed, dark-skinned man.

4. He bought his she-camel fully grown,
A dusky smooth rider that fills the bushel.

5. He left in the morning, from land he disliked,
And chose Wurthan as a place to settle.

6. He crossed mountains on his traveling she-camel,
Never complaining of her worn-out sandals.

7. She attacks every long-necked ostrich she faces,
With a tossing that leaves the ostrich sprawling.

8. With her gentle, smooth sides that still bear a rider,
She scatters her hairpins, bending flexibly.

9. She leaves the young ostriches in her tracks,
Between broken wings and plucked, naked bodies.

10. She strains her throat until she can barely stand,
Leaving the sitting ostrich unable to move.

11. When she reaches the shooting-grounds of Tal'ah,
She rises up to take her to the furthest place.

12. It is as though they are the outskirts of Yathrib around her,
A forbidden, ruined land that she roams unrestrained.

13. It is as though the tribute of a merchant was granted to him
One day when they met a pouring rain.

14. You can see her molars, with every settlement,
Crunching and gnashing, unbroken by the years.

15. When they hear the snort of an angry bull-camel,
Her front teeth protrude if he brays loudly.

16. The slave's legs gave way beneath him
And straightened his knee, realigning it.

17. She left him with his neck skin torn,
Like a relaxed body unable to move its joints.

18. His clothes are thick, as though the hair on his head
Had been planted and sprouted violets around it.

19. The Abyssinian in the midst of the commotion
Hears no sound when the slave approaches the water-hole,

20. Except their echoing around his blackness
With straining throats and muffled voices.

21. You can see the Abyssinian hitting her
Fiercely when she finds a place with food.

22. Blinking from fear of the mixed herd, as though
A hot Yemeni wind had blinded him.

23. No good comes from a young man staying long
Unless he is unable to move on.