وَجَدتُ بِها مالَم تَجِد أُمُّ واحِدٍ

وَلا وَجدَ حُبّي بابنِ أُمِّ كِلابِ

I felt for her what the mother of an only child has never felt,

Nor the passion of Hubba for the son of Umm Kilab.

رَأَتهُ طَويلَ السَاعِدَينِ شَمَردَلاً

كَما تَشتَهي مِن قوَّةٍ وَشَبابِ

She saw him long of arm, a vigorous youth,

Just as she desires of strength and youth.