أَمِن رَسْمِ دارٍ بالعَقِيقِ مُحيلِ

وَلمّا هَبَطْنَا الغَيْثَ تُذْعَرُ وحْشُهُ

From the traces of a house in Akik made,

When we descended the rain, its wild beasts startled.

على كُلِّ خَوَّارِ العِنانِ أَسِيلِ

وَثارَتْ بَناتُ الأَعْوَجِيّاتِ بالضُّحَى

On every snarling rogue I loosened the reins,

And the she-camels of Al-A'waj raised the dawn.

أَبابِيلَ مِن أَعْطَافِ غَيْرِ وَبِيلِ

مُسَوَّمةً نَعْتَدُّها مِن خِيارِها

With maidens not hired from generous lineage,

We select the prime of them to repel a shirt or a group.

لطَرْدِ قَنِيصٍ أَوْ لطَرْدِ رعِيلِ

إِذا ما تَغَنَّى الصَّحْبُ فَوْقَ مُتُونها

When the friends sang over their backs at forenoon

They responded to their chant with neighing.

ضُحيّا أَجابَتْ نَحْتَهُمْ بصَهِيلِ

نَدُوسُ بها أَبْكارَ نَوْرٍ كأَنَّهُ

We trod on them virgin mounts as though it were

The gown of a bride who was given notice of defloration.

رِداءُ عَرُوسٍ أُوذِنَتْ بحَلِيلِ

رَمَيْنا بها عرْضَ الصُّوارِ فأَقْعَصَتْ

We shot at the breadth of Sowar until it was wounded,

We sang though we killed it without a victim.

أَغَنَّ قَتَلْنَاهُ بغَيْرِ قَتِيلِ

وبادَرَ أَصْحابي النُّزُولَ فأَقَبَلَتْ

And my comrades hastened to alight, so she came

Like reddish stairs from fresh heating.

كَرادِيسُ من عَضِّ الشَّواءِ نَشِيلِ

نُمَسِّحُ بالجودان مِنه أَكُفَّنا

We wipe our palms on it when we get but little from it,

And we said to its cupbearer, "Pass it round freely,

إِذا ما اقْتَنَصْنا منه غَيْرَ قَلِيلِ

فقُلْنا لساقِيها أَدِرْها سُلافةً

Generously filling, and from your eyes sparing."

So he rose with his two cups obedient to our command,

شَمُولاً ومِن عَيْنَيْكَ صِرْفَ شَمُولِ

فقامَ بكأسَيْهِ مُطيعاً لأَمْرِنا

Inclining with it in kindness everyone who inclined.

He waved its fresh stems, continuously bending

يَمِيلُ به الإِدْلالُ كُلَّ ممِيلِ

وشَعْشَعَ راحَيْه فَمازالَ مائِلاً

With a generous head from them and humility,

Until it laid them prostate from what they had imbibed

برأَسٍ كَرِيمٍ منهُمُ وتَلِيلِ

إِلَى أَن ثَناهُمْ راكِدِينَ لِما احْتَسوا

Vile from might and excellence of intellects.

They sprawled on the blossoms as though they were

خَلِيعِينَ مِن بَطْشٍ وفَضْلِ عُقُولِ

نَشاوَى على الزَّهْراءِ صَرْعَى كأَنَّهُمْ

Pillars of a palace or trunks of palms.

أَساطِينُ قَصْرٍ أَوْ جُذُوعُ نَخِيلِ