1. I was amazed to see my lover turn away,
When he saw the Arabs passing like strangers.
١. عَجِبتُ لِمُهري إِذ رَأَى العُربَ نَكَّبا
كَأَن لَم يَكُن بَينَ الأَعاريبِ قَد رَبا
2. As if he had not been raised among the nomads,
And nurtured in their arms.
٢. فَلا لَيسَ نُكراً لِلفَريق وَإِنَّما
تَخوَّف عَتباً مِنهُمُ فَتَجَنَّبا