1. لَقَد أَزمَعَت لِلبَينِ هِندٌ زِيالَها

    وَزَمّوا إِلى إِلى أَرضِ العِراقِ جِمالَها

    Hind has indeed resolved to depart, to part.

    And they bridled her camels to go to—to the land of Iraq.

  2. فَما ظَبيَةٌ أَدماءُ واضِحَةُ القَرا

    تَنُصُّ إِلى بَردِ الظِلالِ غَزالَها

    So no white doe, bright of back,

    urging her fawn toward the cool of the shade,

  3. تَحُتُّ بِقَرنَيها بَريرَ أَراكَةٍ

    وَتَعطو بِظِلفَيها إِذا الغُصنُ طالَها

    knocking down an arak tree’s berries with her two horns,

    and reaching up with her two hooves when the branch is too high for her,

  4. بِأَحسَنَ مِنها مُقلَةً وَمُقَلَّداً

    وجيداً إِذا دانَت تَنوطُ شِكالَها

    is fairer than she in eye or necklace-bearing throat,

    or neck, when she bends to fasten her binding-strap.