يقولون لما رنا وانثنى

يقولون لما رنا وانثنى

وقد أخجل الغصن والجؤذرا

وقد أخجل الغصن والجؤذرا

They say, when he gazed and swayed,

They say when he bent and swayed

having put the bough and the oryx calf to shame:

The branch and root were abashed

أتشتاق من طرفه أبيضا

أتشتاق من طرفه أبيضا

فقلت ومن قده أسمرا

فقلت ومن قده أسمرا

“Do you yearn for a white [sword] from his glance?”

Do you long for a white glance from him?

So I said, “And a brown [spear] from his stature.”

I said, and from one whose frame is dark