أَراها نُجومَ اللَيلِ وَالشَمسُ حَيَّةٌ

زِحامِ بَناتِ الحارِثُ بنِ عُبادِ

I see her as the stars of night and the living sun

Amidst the throng of girls of Harith bin Ubad

نِساءٌ أَبوهُنَّ الأَغَرُّ وَلَم تَكُن

مِنَ الحُتِّ في أَجبالِها وَهَدادِ

Women whose father is the most clement but were not

Among the nomads in their mountains and wilderness

وَلَم يَكُنِ الجَوفُ الغَموضُ مَحَلَّها

وَلا في الهِجارِيِّينَ رَهطِ زِيادِ

Nor was the gloomy unknown their abode

Nor among the Hijarians, the tribe of Ziyad

وَلَيسَت وَإِن نَبَّأتُ أَنّي أُحِبُّها

إِلى دارِمِيّاتِ النِجارِ جِيادِ

And though I profess that I love her

To the abodes of the carpenters of Najran, the steeds

أَبوها الَّذي أَدنى النَعامُةَ بَعدَما

أَبَت وائِلٌ في الحَربِ غَيرَ تَمادِ

Her father who brought the ostrich closer after

Wail had declined in wars anything but resolve

عَدَلتُ بِها مَيلُ النَوارِ فَأَصبَحَت

وَقَد رَضِيَت بِالنِصفِ بَعدَ بِعادِ

I inclined with her the course of spears so she became

Content with half after separation