1. تَظَلُّ وَراءَ السِترِ تَرنو بِلَحظِها

    إِذا مَرَّ مِن أَترابِها مَن يَروقُها

    She remains behind the curtain, gazing with her eyes,

    when one of her peers who pleases her passes by.

  2. إِذا جَمَعَ الإِثنانِ جَمعاً رَمَيتُهُم

    بِأَركانِها حَتّى تَخَلّى سَبيلُها

    When the two gather together, I assail them

    with her limbs, until her path is clear.

  3. أَضَرَّ بِها التَهجيرُ حَتّى كَأَنَّها

    بَقايا سُلالٍ لَم يَدَعها سُلالُها

    Travel in the midday heat has worn her down until she is like

    the remnants left by wasting sickness; her sickness has not spared her.