حَذَّاءُ مُدْبِرةً سَكَّاءُ مقبلةً

للماء في النحر منها نَوْطةٌ عَجَبُ

With turned-back toes and forward-facing heels

To the water she lowers her wonderful bucket.

تسقي أُزَيْغِبَ تُرويه مُجاجتها

وذاك من ظَمْأةٍ من ظِمْئها شَرَبُ

She waters the meadow and saturates its soil

As that one drinks to quench a burning thirst.

مُنْهَرِت الشِّدقِ لَمْ تَنْبُتْ قَوادِمُه

في حاجب العين من تسبيده زَبَبُ

Her cheeks are furrowed but smooth, no stubble grows

In her delicate eyebrows, from kohl blackened.

تدعو القَطا بقصير الخطو ليس له

قُدَّام مَنْحَرِها ريشٌ ولا زَغَبُ

She calls the tomcat of short steps, he has not

Before his throat feathers nor fluff.

تدعو القَطا وبه تُدْعى إذا انتسبتْ

يا صِدْقَها حين تدعوه وتنتسبُ

She calls the tomcat, by him she's called, as she claims descent -

Oh, her sincerity when calling him, as kin she claims!