وَحَرَّمتُ السِباءَ وَإِن أُحِلَّت

بِشَورٍ أَو بِمِزجٍ أَو لِصابِ

I prohibited the captives though they were made lawful

By an arbitrator or coinage or to my own life

حَياتي أَو أَزورَ بَني عُتَيرٍ

وَكاهِلُها بِجَمعٍ ذي ضَبابِ

Or I visited the tribe of Utayr

While her shoulder was a collection of mist

إِذا وَقَعَت بِكَعبٍ أَو قُرَيمٍ

وَسَيّارٍ فَقَد ساغَ الشَرابُ

When she fell onto a heel or shin

And she became lawful to drink

أَظُنّي مَيِّتٌ كَمَداً وَلَمّا

أُطالِع طَلعَةً أَهلَ الكِرابِ

I think I’m dead for a period but when

I look upon the visage of the people of the grave

وَزِلتُ مُسَيِّراً رَهدي رَعيلاً

أَأُمُّ سَوادَ طَودٍ ذي نِقابِ

And I went slowly leading a company

Is it the mother of the blackness of the veiled hillock