1. When their night spreads its gown
and the girls sneak to visit their neighbors,

2. the Persian style becomes common among them,
as they are all for their father a past legacy.

3. Walk gently around Ukayhah’s dome,
with the gait of an ostrich in its soft sand.

4. Had it not been for Malik’s sons, and God keeps watch,
and Malik is among them exalted and noble,

5. Or did one who frequents my haunts mislead you,
asking with what meat is the shoulder eaten?