مَا زِلْتَ تَنْظُر فِي عِطْفَيْكَ أبَّهَةً

لاَ يَرْفَعُ الطَّرْفَ مِنْكَ التِّيهُ والصَلَفُ

Still you glance around haughtily

Unperturbed by confusion or arrogance

لَمَّا رَأَيْتَهُمُ صُبْحاً حَسِبْتَهُمُ

أسْدَ العَرِينِ حَمَى أشْبَالَهَا الغَرَفُ

When you saw them at dawn, you deemed them

Lionesses guarding their cubs in the den

نَادَيْتَ خَيْلَكَ إذْ عَضَّ السُّيُوفُ بِهَا

عُوجِي إِلَيَّ فَمَا عَاجُوا وَمَا وَقَبُوا

You summoned your steeds when swords clashed against them

Come to me, but they swayed not nor drew nearer