دعها أبا وجزةَ واقعُد في الغنَم

فسوف يكفيك غُلامٌ كالزلم

Leave her be, father, and sit with the sheep

For soon a boy like a colt will suffice you,

مشمّر يرفَل في نَقلٍ حذَم

وفي قَفَاهُ لقمةٌ مِنَ اللُقَم

Bare-armed, swaggering with sturdy stride,

In his nape a morsel of food,

قد ولّهت ألافُها غير لَمَم

حتى تناهَت في قَفا جعدٍ أحَم

Whose thousands have turned him from blame

Until he ends in the nape of a ruddy dark-haired one.