عَجِبْتُ لَهَا إذْ آنَسَتْ وَهْيَ ظَبْيَةٌ

وَكَيْفَ وَطَبْعُ الظَّبْيِ أنْ يَألَفَ القَفْرَا

I wondered at her when she came to know me though she was a gazelle,

And how is it the nature of a gazelle to befriend the desert,

وَأعْجَبُ أنْ ألْقَتْ حَبَائِلَ هُدْبِهَا

لِطَائِرِ قَلْبٍ ظَنَّ مُقْلَتَهَا وَكْراً

And stranger still that she should cast the ropes of her love

For a heart's bird that thought its dwelling-place desolate.