لَئِن اِنتُقِضتَ عَلى الشَكاةِ فَإِنَّما

بِالصَقلِ يَخلُصُ ذا الحُسامِ المُرهَفُ

If you have faltered in pursuing glory, know that

Only through perseverance may one wield a sharpened sword.

كانَت كُسوفاً ساعَةً ثُمَّ اِنجَلَت

وَالبَدرُ قَبلَ تَمامِهِ لا يُكسَفُ

It was but a fleeting eclipse, then daylight emerged again,

The moon is never fully eclipsed before it is full.

هَبَّت بِجِسمِكَ لافِحٌ مِن عِلَّةٍ

عَصَفَت بِها لِلبُرءِ ريحٌ حَرجَفُ

A sudden illness has struck your body,

A raging wind that soon shall pass.

فَكَأَنَّما إِذ قُمتَ قامَ حُطَيئَةٌ

لِلشِعرِ أَو لِلحِلمِ قامَ الأَحنَفُ

So it seems that when you rose, Huteiyah

Rose for poetry, or the wise Ahnaf rose.