وَفيهنَ بَيضاءُ دارِيّةٌ

دَهاسٌ مُعنّنةُ المُرتَدى

In it is a white, sociable doe,

A red deer with elegant attire,

بِعطفين من عَوهَجٍ عَينُها

إِلى الفرعِ والخَصَلات العُلا

With two arms of splendorous eyes,

Looking up to the branch and high tresses.

أَخَذتُ قُرَينَةَ مُلتاحَةً

قطوفَ العَشيِّ مِزاقَ الضُّحى

I took an agreeable companion,

Autumn eve's harvest, dawn's provision,

بُكوراً تُبَلِّغُها بِالسِّبا

لِ مِن عَينِ جَبَّةَ ريحِ الثَّرى

News she conveys with whistles

From the eye of earth's wind-blown garb,

مُروَّعةً تَستَحيلُ الشخوصُ

مِنَ الخَوفِ تَسمَعُ ما لا تَرى

Frightened, shadows transform into figures,

Hearing what cannot be seen.

لَها مَلمعانِ إِذا أَوغَفا

يَحُثّانِ جؤجؤها بِالوَحى

When sleepy, two twinklers

Rush her blink with revelation.

وَفي كُلِّ وَجهٍ لها مَيفَعٌ

وَفي كُلِّ وَجهٍ لَها مُرتَعى

In each face she has a refuge,

In each face she has a meadow.

فَلَم أَر راويَةً مِثلها

وَلا مِثل ما فَعَلت في الهُدى

I've not seen a storyteller like her,

Nor the like of what she did in guidance.

تقدمها شحشح جائِز

لماء قعير يُريد الهُدى

With her walks an estimable gray,

Seeking water to quench its thirst.

هَميجٌ تَعلَّلُ عَن خاذِلٍ

نَتيجِ ثَلاثٍ بَغيضِ الثَّرى

Clamoring, complaining of a deserter,

Progeny of three, despised by land,

تَصيدُ الجَليسَ بأَزيانِها

وَدلٍّ أَجابَت عَليهِ الرُّقى

Hunting company with its misleading,

An oracle it answered with incantation.