1. وَلَقَد غَدَوتُ عَلى طِمِرٍ قارِحٍ

    عَقَدَت حَوافُرُهُ غَمامَةَ قَسطَلِ

    And indeed, I rode out in the morning on a nimble, full-grown steed,

    Whose hooves formed a cloud of dust.

  2. مُتَلَثِّمٍ لُجُمَ الحَديدِ يَلوكُها

    لَوكَ الفَتاةِ مَساوِكاً مِن إِسحِلِ

    Veiled in iron bits, he chews them

    As a maiden chews tooth-cleaning sticks of isḥil wood.

  3. وَمُحَجَّلٍ غَيرَ اليَمينِ كَأَنَّهُ

    مُتَبَختِرٌ يَمشي بِكُمٍّ مُسبَلِ

    And white-stockinged except on the right foreleg, as though he were

    A swaggerer walking with a sleeve hanging loose.