1. وأحَمّ مِنْ أولادِ أَعْوَجَ عُجْتُهُ

    وأظنُّهُ للبرقِ كانَ حَميما

    And I wheeled a coal-black horse of Aʿwaj’s offspring,

    And I think he was lightning’s close companion.

  2. متكفِّئاً لَوْ أنّه جارى الصَّبا

    شأواً لَبَاتَ أديمُها مَحْمُوما

    Swaying—were he to race the east wind

    For a stretch, its skin would spend the night fevered.

  3. مُستقبلاً أعلى الذُّرى مُسْتَعرِضاً

    بَسْطَ القَرا مُسْتَدبراً مَلْمُوما

    Seen head-on, loftiest of crest; seen broadside,

    Broad of back; seen from behind, compactly built.

  4. حُرَّ الإهابِ وسيمه برَّ الإيا

    بِ كريمه محضَ النِّصاب صَميما

    Noble of hide and handsome in it; faithful in returning,

    Noble in it, pure of stock, true-bred.

  5. إِنْ قِيدَ جاءكَ زينةً أَوْ ريضَ رِيْ

    ضَ بِنَيّةً أو رِيعَ رِيعَ ظَلِيما

    If led, he comes to you an ornament; if tamed, he is tamed

    Like a little girl; or, if startled, he is startled like a male ostrich.

  6. فأَرَعْتُ فيها الوحشَ عن مُهجاتها

    وجعلتُهُ بنفوسِهنَّ زَعيما

    So there I frightened the wild beasts away from their lifeblood,

    And made him the guarantor of their lives.