أَينَ اِمرُؤُ القَيسِ وَالعَذارى

إِذ مالَ مِن تَحتِهِ الغَبيطُ

Where is Imru' al-Qays and the virgin maids

When he leaned from under him the cushion

لَهُ كُمَيتانِ ذاتُ كَأسٍ

تُزبِدُ وَالسابِحُ الرَبيطُ

He has two leather water-bags of a goblet

Foaming while the swimmer is strong

يُباكِرُ الصَيدَ بِالمَذاكي

فَيَأنَسُ الموحِشُ الهَبيطُ

He gets up early to hunt with the dogs

So he cheers up the scared wildlife

اِستَنبَطَ العُربُ في المَوامي

بَعدَكَ وَاِستَعرَبَ النَبيطُ

The Arabs in the dwellings sought

After you and the non-Arabs acquired Arabic

كَأَنَّ دُنياكَ ماءُ حَوضٍ

آخِرُهُ آجِنٌ خَبيطُ

As if your world is a pool’s water

Its latter murky, turbid

وَالقَوتُ فيها لَنا مُباحٌ

لَو أَنَّهُ مِن دَمٍ عَبيطُ

And sustenance in it is permitted for us

Even if it were from clotted blood