1. ضَحِكَ المُشرِفاتُ في يَومِ عيدٍ

    إِذ رَأَوا جَعفَراً يَحُثُّ العِنانا

    The women looking down laughed on a feast day,

    When they saw Ja‘far urging his horse on with the reins.

  2. قُلنَ لَمّا رَأَينَهُ حالِكاً أَس

    وَدَ جَعداً يُناسِبُ السودانا

    They said, when they saw him pitch-dark,

    Black and curly-haired, resembling Black people:

  3. لَيتَ هَذا لَنا فَنَعمَلَ مِن جِل

    دَتِهِ في وُجوهِنا خيلانا

    “If only he were ours, so we could make from

    His skin beauty spots upon our faces!”