1. لا تَصطلي النارَ إِلا مجمراً أَرِجاً

    قَد كَسَّرت مِن يَلنَجوجٍ لَهُ وَقَصا

    She warms herself at no fire but a fragrant incense-brazier,

    for which she has broken chips of aloeswood.

  2. إِنَّ الحبالةَ أَلهَتني إِبارتُها

    حتّى أَصيدَكُما في بَعضِها قَنَصا

    Indeed, making the snare has kept me busy,

    so I may catch game for you both in part of it.

  3. عَمَلَّسٌ غائِرُ العَينَينِ عارِيَةٌ

    مِنهُ الظَّنابيبُ لَم يَغمِز بِها مَعَصا

    Fleet and sinewy, sunken-eyed, with bare

    shinbones, never limping from cramp.

  4. طافَت لَياليَ وانضَمّت ثَميلتُها

    وَعادَ لَحمٌ عَليها بادِنٌ نَخَصا

    It roamed for nights, and its reserves dwindled;

    and the flesh upon it, once plump, grew wasted.

  5. فَجاءَها قانِصٌ يَسعى بِضاريَةٍ

    تَرى الدِّماءَ عَلى أَكتافِها نَفَصا

    Then a hunter came upon it, running with a trained hunting hound;

    you see blood spattered over her shoulders.