1. Why do I see the swaying meadows' grass
As musky as the she-camel's trailing robe?
١. مَا لي أَرَى شِعرَ مَرجِ كُحلٍ
أَشأَمَ مِن ناقَةِ البَسوسِ
2. It only seems so, for the wind has passed
Sweeping its heavy perfume, and I probe
٢. فَإِنَّما شِعرُهُ مُغيرٌ
شَنَّ مُغاراً عَلى النُّفوسِ