وَقَفتُ عَلى بابِ النُمَيرِيِّ ناقَتي

نُمَيلَةَ تَرجو بَعضَ ما لَم تُوافِقِ

My she-camel stood at the Numayri's door

Yearning for some of what she didn't get

فَلَو كُنتَ مِن أَبناءِ قَيسٍ لَأَنجَحَت

إِلَيكَ رَسيمُ اليَعمَلاتِ المَحانِقِ

If you were from Qays' sons she would have

Brought to you the waft of Ya'malat's breeze

وَلَكِنَّهُ مِن نَسلِ سَوداءَ جَعدَةٍ

نُمَيرِيَّةٍ حَلّابَةٍ في المَعالِقِ

But he is from the lineage of disheveled black Sawda

A Numayri milkmaid in the dough kneading

فَقُلتُ وَلَم أَملِك أَمالِ اِبنَ حَنظَلٍ

مَتى كانَ مَستورٌ أَميرَ الخَرانِقِ

So I said, having no hope for Ibn Hanzala's grace:

When has the lord of abandoned dwellings been veiled?

فَلَم تَطلُبِ السُقيا بِمِثلِ جُعالَةٍ

وَمُطلَنفِئٍ ضَخمٍ مُعَرّاهُ لازِقِ

You didn't ask for watering like Ju'ala

Or Mutlanfi', a huge-humped camel with matted hair