1. وَواضِحَةِ المُقَلَّدِ أُمِّ خِشفٍ

    تُذَكِّرُنِى سُلَيمَى مُقلَتَاهَا

    And a white-necked doe, mother of a fawn—

    Her eyes remind me of Sulayma.

  2. إِذا نَظَرَت عَرَفتُ النَّحرُ مِنهَا

    وعَينَيها وَلَم أَعرِف سِواهَا

    When she looked, I recognized her throat

    And her eyes, but recognized nothing else of her.

  3. صَدَرتُ بِصُحبَتِى أَن يَذعَرُوهَا

    بِمَحنِيَةٍ تَرُودُ إِلى طَلاهَا

    I turned away with my companions, lest they startle her,

    In a valley bend, roaming toward her fawn.

  4. كَرِهنا اَن نَرَوّعَها وَقُلنا

    اَشَلَّ اللهُ كَفَّى مَن رَماهَا

    We were loath to frighten her, and said:

    May God paralyze both hands of whoever shoots at her.