سَعى جارُها سَعيَ الكِرامِ وَرَدَّها

سَعى جارُها سَعيَ الكِرامِ وَرَدَّها

غَطاريفُ مِن عِجلٍ رِقاقٌ نِعالُها

غَطاريفُ مِن عِجلٍ رِقاقٌ نِعالُها

Her neighbor strove as noble men do, and she was brought back

by high-born men of ʿIjl, whose sandals are thin.

يَجُرّونَ أَهدابَ اليَماني كَأَنَّهُم

يَجُرّونَ أَهدابَ اليَماني كَأَنَّهُم

سُيوفٌ جَلا الأَطباعَ عَنها صِقالُها

سُيوفٌ جَلا الأَطباعَ عَنها صِقالُها

They trail the fringes of Yemeni cloth, as though they were

swords whose polishing has cleared away their rust.