لَمّا رَأَت بُشرى تَغَيَّر لَونُها

مِن بَعدِ بَهجَتِهِ فَأَقبَلَ أَحمَرا

When Bushra saw him, her color changed

To red after joy, so she twisted her finger and said:

أَلوَت بِإِصبَعِها وَقالَت إِنَّما

يَكفيكَ مِمّا قَد أَرى ما قُدِّرا

It is enough what I have seen ordained

I am Thu'ba of Mudhij and its summit

إِنّي ذُؤابَةُ مَذحَجٍ وَسَنامُها

وَأَنا الكَريمُ ذُرى القَديمَةِ كُرِّرا

And I am the generous one, offspring of Quda'a repeated

Tell Mudhij to return to their abodes

قولي لِمَذحِجَ عاوِدوا لِذُحولِكُم

لَولا يُجيبوا دَعوَتي حَلبُ الصَرى

Or else they won't respond to my call or milk livestock

The pottery was Yemeni covered in dust

كانَ الفَخارُ يَمانِيّاً مُتَقَحطِناً

وَأَراهُ أَصبَح شامِيّاً مُتَنَزِّرا

And I see it has become Levantine embellished

What good are donkeys to submit to Mudhij

ما خَيرُ حِميَرَ أَن تُسَلِّمَ مَذحِجاً

أَو خَيرُ مِذحَجَ أَن تُسَلِّمَ حِميَرا

Or what good is Mudhij to submit to donkeys