1. عَجِبتُ لِمُهري إِذ رَأَى العُربَ نَكَّبا

    كَأَن لَم يَكُن بَينَ الأَعاريبِ قَد رَبا

    I marveled at my colt: when he saw the Arabs, he turned aside,

    as though he had not grown up among the Bedouin.

  2. فَلا لَيسَ نُكراً لِلفَريق وَإِنَّما

    تَخوَّف عَتباً مِنهُمُ فَتَجَنَّبا

    But no—he is no stranger to the band; rather,

    he feared reproach from them, so kept away.