1. أُعطى عُبَيداً وَعُبَيدٌ مَقنَعُ

    مِن عِرمِسٍ مَحزِمُها جَلَنفَعُ

    ʿUbayd was given—and ʿUbayd is worthy—

    A sturdy she-camel, enormous about the girth,

  2. ذات عِساسٍ ما تَكادُ تَشبَعُ

    تَجتَلِدُ الصَحنَ وَما إِن تَبضَعُ

    With great drinking bowls, yet scarcely ever sated.

    She drains the bowl, yet never drinks her fill;

  3. تَمرُّ في الدارِ وَلا تَوَرَّعُ

    كَأَنَّها فيهِم شُجاعٌ أَقرَعُ

    She passes through the house unchecked,

    As though among them she were a bald serpent.