وَأَبيَضَ قَد نَبَّهتُهُ بَعدَ هَجعَةٍ

وَأَبيَضَ قَد نَبَّهتُهُ بَعدَ هَجعَةٍ

فَقامَ يَشُدُّ السَّرجَ وَالمَرءُ ناعِسُ

فَقامَ يَشُدُّ السَّرجَ وَالمَرءُ ناعِسُ

And a fair-skinned man I roused after a spell of sleep;

And white I had awakened after a slumber

So he rose to fasten the saddle, while the man was drowsy.

So he rose tightening the saddle while the man was drowsy

عَلَيهِ دِلاصٌ كَالأَضاةِ وَبَيضَةٌ

عَلَيهِ دِلاصٌ كَالأَضاةِ وَبَيضَةٌ

تُضيءُ كَما يُذكي مِنَ النارِ قابِسُ

تُضيءُ كَما يُذكي مِنَ النارِ قابِسُ

Upon him, smooth, gleaming mail like a pool, and a helmet

Upon it a coat like lightning and whiteness

That shines like a flame a fire-seeker kindles from the fire.

Illuminating as embers are kindled from fire