1. باتَت تَلومُ عَلى ثادِقٍ

    لِيُشرى فَقَد جَدَّ عِصيانُها

    She spent the night reproaching me over Thādiq,

    wanting him sold; her defiance had grown fierce.

  2. أَلا إِنَّ نَجواكِ في ثادِقٍ

    سَواءٌ عَلَيَّ وَإِعلانُها

    Know that your private talk about Thādiq

    and proclaiming it aloud are alike to me.

  3. وَقالَت أَغِثنا بِهِ إِنَّني

    أَرى الخَيلَ قَد ثابَ أَثمانُها

    And she said: Relieve our need through him, for I

    see that the prices of horses have risen again.

  4. فَقُلتُ أَلَم تَعلَمي أَنَّهُ

    كَريمُ المَكَبَّةِ مِبدانُها

    So I said: Did you not know that he

    is noble in the forequarters, full-bodied there?

  5. كُمَيتٌ أُمِرَّ عَلى زُفرَةٍ

    طَويلُ القَوائِمِ عُريانُها

    A bay, firmly knit around a broad ribcage,

    long-legged, with little flesh upon his legs.

  6. تَراهُ عَلى الخَيلِ ذا جُرأَةٍ

    إِذا ما تَقَطَّعَ أَقرانُها

    You see him daring against the other horses

    when their tethering cords snap.

  7. وَهُنَّ يَرِدنَ وَرودَ القَطا

    عُمانَ وَقَد سُدَّ مُرّانُها

    While they come as sandgrouse come

    to ʿUmān, with their spear-shafts already leveled.

  8. طَويلُ العِنانِ قَليلُ العِثا

    رِ خاظي الطَريقةِ رَيّانُها

    Long of rein, little prone to

    stumbling; thick-fleshed along the backbone, well filled out there.

  9. وَقُلتُ أَلَم تَعلَمي أَنَّهُ

    جَميلُ الطُلالَةِ حُسّانُها

    And I said: Did you not know that he

    is lovely in appearance, exceptionally handsome?

  10. يَجُمُّ عَلى الساقِ بَعدَ المِتانِ

    جُموماً وَيُبلَغُ إِمكانُها

    He regains strength on his legs after the hard uplands,

    fully renewing his vigor, while the others reach their limit.