1. إني وَمَا مَارَ بِالفُرَيقِ ومَا

    قَرقَر بِالجَلهَتَينِ مِن سُرُبِ

    Indeed, I swear by what stirred at al-Furayq, and what

    rumbled along the two valley-sides in flocks,

  2. من شَعَرٍ كالغَلِيلِ يُلبَدُ بِالـ

    ـقملِ وَمَا مَارَ مِن دَمٍ سَرَبِ

    with hair like mixed fodder, matted with

    lice, and by whatever blood flowed streaming,

  3. والعِترِ عِتر النَّسِيكِ يُحْفرُ بِالـ

    بُدنِ لحِلِّ الإحْرَامِ والنُّصُبِ

    and by the idol—the devotee’s idol—where digging is done with

    sacrificial camels, for release from consecration, and by the altar-stones:

  4. قد طالَ شَوْقي وعادَني طَرَبي

    من ذِكْرِ خَوْدٍ كَرِيمَةِ النَّسبِ

    my longing has lasted long, and my rapture has returned

    at the memory of a tender maiden of noble lineage,

  5. غَرّاءَ مِثْلُ الهِلالِ صُورَتُها

    أَو مِثْلُ تِمْثالِ صُورَةِ الذَّهَبِ

    radiant, her form like the crescent moon,

    or like a sculpted likeness in gold.