مَن عائِدي اللَيلَةَ أَم مَن نَصيح

بِتُّ بِنَصبٍ فَفُؤادي قَريح

Who returns to me tonight or who gives advice

I spend the night in suffering so my heart is devastated

في سَلَفٍ أَرعَنَ مُنفَجِرٍ

يُقدِمُ أولى ظُعُنٍ كَالطُلوح

In past times he let out an explosive neigh

Advancing with the first of motions like a young horse

عالَينَ رَقماً فاخِراً لَونُهُ

مِن عَبقَرِيٍّ كَنَجيعِ الذَبيح

Two marks high, his color splendid

With the scent of musk like the smell of sacrificed meat

وَجامِلٍ خَوَّعَ مِن نيبِهِ

زَجرُ المُعَلّى أُصُلاً وَالسَفيح

A beautiful one who lowers from his whip

The threat of the driver, whether gentle or rough

مَوضوعُها زَولٌ وَمَرفوعُها

كَمَرِّ صَوبٍ لَجِبٍ وَسطَ ريح

Her being set down is departure and her being lifted up

Is like the flow of a torrent in the middle of the wind