قَعقَعتُ حِضنَي حاجِزٍ وَصِحابُهُ

وَقَد نَبَذوا خُلقانَهُم وَتَشَنَّعوا

I clattered the barrier's bosom while its guards

Had cast off their manners and turned savage

أَطِنُّ إِذا صادَفتُ وَعثاً وَإِن جَرى

بِيَ السَهلُ أَو مَتنٌ مِنَ الأَرضِ مَهيَعُ

I moan when facing hardship though if I race

Through a plain or rugged earth I am blithe

أُجاري ظِلالَ الطَيرِ لَو فاتَ واحِدٌ

وَلَو صَدَقوا قالوا لَهُ هُوَ أَسرَعُ

I race with the shadows of birds and if one flees

Had they been true they'd say he's the swiftest

فَلَو كانَ مِن فِتيانِ قَيسٍ وَخِندِفٍ

أَطافَ بِهِ القُنّاصُ مِن حَيثُ أَفزَعوا

Had he been one of Qais and Khindif's youths

The hunter would circle where they panicked

أَحُثُّ ثَلاثاً نِصفَ يَومٍ وَلَيلَةً

وَأَنتَ مُريحٌ عِندَ بَيتِكَ أَروَعُ

I hasten three days halfway and nighttime

While you rest easy at home, more blithe

وَلَو كانَ قِرنٌ واحِدٌ لَكَفَيتُهُ

وَما كانَ بِي في القَومِ مُذ جُدتُ مَطمَعُ

Had he one horn I'd suffice him

And I was not for the tribe since I grew up a coveted prize