1. اِنظُر إِلى وَجهِ أَبي زَيدِ

    أَوحش من حَبسٍ وَمن قَيدِ

    Look at the face of Abu Zayd,

    More forbidding than a prison and a shackle.

  2. وَحوشهُ تَرتَعُ في ثَوبِهِ

    وَظفرُهُ يَركَب لِلصَّيدِ

    His wild beasts graze in his garment,

    And his fingernail rides out to hunt.