1. وَظَبيٍ غَريرٍ في فُؤادي كِناسُهُ

    إِذا اِكتَنَسَ العَينُ الفَلاةَ وَحَورُها

    And a guileless gazelle has his covert in my heart,

    when the wide-eyed and dark-eyed gazelles take shelter in the wilderness.

  2. تُقِرُّ لَهُ بيضُ الظِباءِ وَأُدمُها

    وَيَحكيهِ في بَعضِ الأُمورِ غَريرُها

    The white and tawny gazelles acknowledge his superiority,

    and their guileless one resembles him in certain ways.

  3. فَمِن خَلقِهِ لِبّاتُها وَنُحورُها

    وَمِن خُلقِهِ عِصيانُها وَنُفورُها

    So from his form come their throat hollows and upper chests,

    and from his nature, their defiance and skittishness.