1. ومُعْرِضَةٍ وَلّتْ تَمُدّ تجنُّباً

    قصارَ خطاها عن مَشيبِيَ والوخطِ

    And many an aloof woman turned away, lengthening in aversion

    Her short steps away from my gray hair and its scattered white strands.

  2. عَسى لِلرّضى في بَعضِ خلقكَ رقيةٌ

    مجرَّبةٌ يُرْقَى بها خُلُق السخطِ

    Perhaps in some part of your nature lies a charm for goodwill,

    Tried and tested, with which an angry temper may be charmed.

  3. عَقيلَةُ حَيٍّ لا ترى ذاتَ بَينِهِم

    تُراعُ ببينٍ من نَوَاهمْ ولا شحطُ

    The noble lady of a clan whose bonds you never see

    Troubled by parting through their remoteness, or by distance.

  4. تَرَى ما تَرى من بَأسِهِم في عِداتِهم

    بِأَطرافِ بيضِ الهندِ والأسَل الخطي

    You see what you see of their might upon their enemies,

    With the tips of India's white swords and Khatti spears:

  5. أخاديدَ ضَرْبٍ يَحقر الشكلَ شكلها

    وآثارَ طعنٍ يَزدَرينَ على السقطِ

    Furrows of blows whose form belittles every other form,

    And marks of thrusts that look down upon falling sparks.