1. He who marches at dawn, with his brother
Abu Dhahhak grazing in the north,

2. Will suffice you the meandering one with eight
A swift she-camel whose hair you spin into ropes,

3. Will suffice you God and palm trees
Like an oleander dripping honey they shed down pods,

4. Daughters of Labun, a household to him,
Who sailed the nights from him and stayed awake,

5. They have an ancestor who seeks refuge in every pasture
Sanctuary of meadows where he gained notoriety,

6. Bleating she-camels think the herder
Will stay reciting verses to them,

7. When the milk bags are full he milks them
And pours out the rich milk into the buckets,

8. So when he crossed the wide plain
And lodged the night at al-Kazat and said:

9. You graze from the sides of prolific she-camels
An unmarried man who slaughtered the crescent moon,

10. To you we will not be miserly neighbors
Nor deny you fresh milk when we have milked.