لَنا هَجمَةٌ لا يُدرِكُ الذِئبُ سَخلَها

وَلا راعَها نَزوُ الفِحالَةِ وَالخِطرُ

We possess a herd whose young no wolf can overtake,

Nor is it frightened by the mounting of stallions or their threatening tails.

إِذا امتُحِنَت أَلوانُها مالَ سَفوُها

إِلى الجَوِّ إِلّا أَنَّ أَوبارَها خُضرُ

When its colors are put to the test, its clarity inclines

Towards the open sky, save that its hides are green.

فَإِن قامَ فيها الحالِبونَ اتَّقَتهُمُ

بِنَجلاءِ ثُقبِ الجَوفِ دِرَّتُها الخَمرُ

If the milkers rise among them, they are met

By a wide-mouthed hollow whose flowing milk is wine.

مَسارِحُها الغَربِيُّ مِن نَهرِ صَرصَرٍ

فَقُطرَبُّلٌ فَالصالِحِيَّةُ فَالعَقرُ

Its pastures lie on the western bank of the Sarsar Canal,

Then Qutrabbul, then Al-Salihiyya, then Al-Aqr;

تُراثُ أَنوشِروانَ كِسرى وَلَم تَكُن

مَواريثَ ما أَبقَت تَميمٌ وَلا بَكرُ

The legacy of Khosrow Anushirvan, never having been

Among the inheritances left by the tribes of Tamim or Bakr.

قَصَرتُ بِها لَيلي وَلَيلُ ابنِ حَورَةٍ

لَهُ حَسَبٌ زاكٍ وَلَيسَ لَهُ وَفرُ

With it I shortened my night, and the night of Ibn Hawrah,

A man of pure lineage, though devoid of wealth.