وَرَكْبٍ يُحِبُّونَ الرقَادَ بَعَثْتُهُمْ

عَلَى لاحبٍ يَعْلُو الأحِزَّةَ بِالسَّحْلِ

And a band who love to slumber I roused

Upon a camel litter that mounts the saddles with ease

وَقُمْتُ إلى حرْفٍ كَأنَّ قُتُودَهَا

إذا دَقَّ أعْنَاقُ الْمَطِيّ عَلَى فَحْلِ

And I went to a creek that seemed

When the necks of the riding-beasts knock on the stallion

وَمَاءٍ كَلَوْنِ الغِشلِ قَدْ عَادَ آجِناً

قَليلٌ بِهِ الأصواتُ فِي بَلَدٍ مَحْلِ

And water the color of murky clouds returned turbid

Few are the sounds in it in a barren land

وَجَدْتُ عَلَيْهِ الذّئْبَ يَعْوِي كَأَنَّهُ

خَلِيعٌ خَلاَ مِنْ كُلّ مَالٍ وَمِنْ أهْلِ

And I found upon it the wolf howling as though it were

A wretch devoid of all wealth and people

فَقُلْتُ لَهُ يَا ذِئْبُ هَلْ لَكَ مِنْ فَتًى

يُوَاسِي بِلاَ مَنّ عَلَيْكَ وَلاَ بُخْلِ

So I said to it, "O wolf, is there a young man for you

Who consoles you without reluctance or stinginess?"

فَقَالَ هَدَأكَ الله لِلرشُد إنَّمَا

دَعَوْتَ لِمَا لَمْ يَأتِهِ سَبُعٌ قَبْلِي

It said, "God give you guidance to righteousness, you have invited

To what no predator before me has come to

فَلَسْت بِآتيهِ وَلاَ أسْتَطِيعُه

وَلاَكَ اسْقِنِي إنْ كَانَ مَاؤكَ ذَا فَضْلِ

I cannot come to it nor can I manage it

Nor give me drink if your water has surplus"

فَقُلْتُ عَلَيْكَ الحَوْضَ إنِّي تَرَكْتُهُ

وَفِي صَغْوِهِ فَضْلُ القَلُوصِ منَ السِّجْلِ

I said, "The pond is at your disposal, I left it

With leftover little rainwater from the downpour"

فَطَرَّبَ يَسْتَعْوِي ذئَاباً كَثِيرَةً

وَعُدْتُ فَكُلُّ مِنْ هَوَاهُ عَلَى شُغْلِ

It was delighted, howling for many she-wolves

And I returned, each to his own preoccupation