إنَّ السَّوابقَ كلَّها

يقصُرن عن جري الغُرابْ

All the racers before me

Fall short of pacing with the crow

قَد سُسْتُه فلَواً وقُل

ت لهُ أسبق الجُردَ العِرابْ

I urged him on and said

Outpace the fleet bare hills

صافي الأديمِ كأنما

يَجرى بمتْنيِه السّرابْ

Of smooth hide as though

Mirage flows in his body

سامي التَّليل كأنَّما

هادْيه جذعٌ من خِضابْ

Tall of stature as though

His upright trunk was dyed

ومؤلَّل الأذنين سا

ميةٌ وذو شِدقٍ رُحابْ

With ears drooping he is

Lofty and of ample cheeks

نَهد المرِاكلِ شيظمٌ

يخطو على صُمٍ صِلابْ

Neck of the riding camels haughty

Striding on deaf solid ground

وَمُشّولٍ يستنُّ في

آريّهِ سَنن العجابْ

Caparisoned he trots in

His forelegs the ways of wonder

رخُو اللّبانِ كأنما

إرخاُؤه إرَخا ذئابْ

Slow of pace as though

His slowing is the slowing of wolves

كالاجدل الغطريف في

تَوثابِه أو كالعُقابْ

Like the nimble hyena in

Its pouncing or like the eagle