1. وطائرةٍ بُذَّ الخيولُ بِسَبقِها

    وقد لبستْ للعين من فَرَسٍ خَلقَا

    And a flying creature whose speed outstrips horses,

    though to the eye she has donned the form of a horse.

  2. إذا شئتُ ألقتْ بي على الغرب رجلُها

    ونالتْ يدٌ منها بوثبتها الشرقا

    If I wish, her hind leg casts me to the west,

    and a foreleg of hers reaches the east with her leap.

  3. لحوقٌ كأنّي جاعلٌ من عدائها

    لرسْغِ الفرا عقلاً وجيد المها رِبْقا

    Swift to overtake, as though through her running I were placing

    a hobble on the wild ass’s pastern and a noose around the oryx’s neck.

  4. كريحٍ تَرَى من نقعها سُحُباً لها

    ومن رشحها قطراً ومن لحظها برقا

    Like the wind: in her dust you see her own clouds,

    and rain in her sweat, and lightning in her glance.