ومن الحبائب في الركائب هاتكٌ

ومن الحبائب في الركائب هاتكٌ

بجبينه ظلم الليالي الجون

بجبينه ظلم الليالي الجون

And among the marvels, amid the mounted company, is one who rends—

And among the beloveds upon the mounts is one who rends

With his brow—the darkness of the sable nights.

With his brow the darkness of the pitch-black nights.

ما شام صارم جفنه وجفونه

ما شام صارم جفنه وجفونه

إلا لسفك دمي وماء جفوني

إلا لسفك دمي وماء جفوني

He never draws the keen blade of his eyelid from its sheaths

He never drew his sheath's blade or that of his eyelids

Except to spill my blood and the water of my lids.

Except to spill my blood and the water of my eyelids.

هتك الظلام وسار من أترابه

هتك الظلام وسار من أترابه

في الركب بين أهلةٍ وغصون

في الركب بين أهلةٍ وغصون

He rent the darkness and journeyed among his peers

He rent the darkness and travelled among his peers,

In the caravan, amid crescents and boughs.

In the caravan, amid crescent moons and boughs.

يبرين أفئدة الرجال بما حوت

يبرين أفئدة الرجال بما حوت

أعطافهن وليس من يبرين

أعطافهن وليس من يبرين

They wear away men’s hearts with what is held

They wear away men's hearts with what

Within their graceful forms—and there is none they heal.

Their curves contain—yet he is not from Yabrin.

ولقد بلوت خلاله فوجدته

ولقد بلوت خلاله فوجدته

لدن المهزة شامخ العرنين

لدن المهزة شامخ العرنين

I have indeed tested his qualities and found him

And indeed, I tested his character and found him

Supple in his swaying, proud of nose.

Supple in his sway, with his nose held high.

ينبيك عن وثباته وثباته

ينبيك عن وثباته وثباته

ما عنده من يقظةٍ وسكون

ما عنده من يقظةٍ وسكون

Of his leaps and his steadfastness, you are told

His leaps and his steadfastness are revealed to you by

By the wakefulness and repose within him.

The wakefulness and stillness he possesses.