1. حصاني لا في الصافناتِ التي مَضَتْ

    سواه ولا في المقبلاتِ نَظِيرُ

    My horse—neither among the poised steeds gone before

    Is there another like him, nor a peer among those to come.

  2. له غرّةُ كالبدرِ فوقَ جبينِهِ

    وتُشرِفَ في الآفاقِ وهي تُنيرُ

    He has a blaze like the full moon above his brow,

    And it rises into view on the horizons, shedding light.

  3. وعينٌ كعينِ السولعي يُديرُها

    ولكنّها لا يعتريها فتورُ

    And he turns an eye like a wild bull's,

    Yet no languor overtakes it.

  4. وجيدٌ كجيد الظبي حين يُطيلهُ

    عليه كأمثالِ الحريرِ شعورُ

    And a neck like the gazelle's when it stretches it out,

    With hairs upon it resembling silk.

  5. وبطنٌ عليه الطُول والصَّدرُ واسعٌ

    رحيبٌ وأمّا ظهرُه فقصيرُ

    And a long belly, and a broad chest,

    Spacious—while his back is short.

  6. وصورتُه كالعَتْرِ فازَ وإنْ سعى

    هو العُثْرُ في جوِّ السماءِ يطيرُ

    And his form is like the ʿatr; he excels, and when he runs,

    He is the ʿuthr, flying through the air of heaven.

  7. ولا يبتغي حلباً إذا كانَ راكضاً

    له في علوِ الخافقينِ صفيرُ

    And he needs no urging when he gallops;

    His whistle rings in the heights of the two horizons.

  8. أدير عليه سرجَه وهو مُلْجَمٌ

    إذا همني قصدٌ العُلا ومسيرُ

    I adjust his saddle upon him while he is bridled,

    When the pursuit of glory and a journey occupy my thoughts.

  9. واسألُ ربي أنْ يكونَ معافياً

    مدى الدهرِ والرّبُ الإله قديرُ

    And I ask my Lord that he remain sound

    For all time; the Lord God is all-powerful.