بَدأنا عَلَيها وَهيَ عِيسٌ فَأَصبَحَت

مِنَ السَيرِ جُوناً دامياتِ الغَوارِبِ

We went forth on her when she was tender green, till she became,

through the pace of our riding, strewed with dust, as though ash-grey.