تلقى الندى وَمخْلَداً حليفين

ليسا من الوَكْس ولا بوخشين

You find Generosity and Mukhalled, two allies,

Neither of them deficient or base.

تنازعا فيه لبان الثديين

كانا معاً في مهده رضيعين

The two vied over him for the milk of both breasts;

Together in his cradle, they were fellow nurslings.