أَغَدَوتَ أَم في الرَّائحين تَرُوحُ

أَم أَنتَ مِن ذِكرِ الحِسانِ صَحيحُ

Did you rise early or are you wandering in the meadows?

Or are you in good health from the memory of past love?

إِذ قَالَتِ الحَسنَاءُ ما لِصَدِيقِنا

رثَّ الثيابِ وإنَّه لمَلِيحُ

When the beautiful one said, "What is wrong with our friend?

His clothes are worn and yet he looks so handsome."

لا تَسأَلِنَّ عنِ الثِّيابِ فَإِنَّني

يومَ اللِّقَاءِ على الكُماةِ مُشِيحُ

Do not ask about the clothes, for when we meet

I will be leaning languidly on the sand dunes.

أَرمِي وَأَطعَنُ ثُمَّ أُتِبعُ ضَربَةً

تَدَعُ النساءَ على الرجالِ تَنُوحُ

I hurl my spear, then follow with a blow

That leaves the women weeping over the men.