1. وَدُهْمٍ كسَوْنَ اللّيلَ سودَ ثيابهِ

    عليهنّ فيحاءُ الفروج فَؤرُ

    And black hearthstones clothed the night in its black robes;

    upon them stood a wide-mouthed, seething cauldron.

  2. علتْ والمنى ترنو إليها كما علا

    مليكٌ على كرسيّه وأميرُ

    It rose high, while hopes gazed toward it, as rose

    a king upon his throne and a prince.

  3. منَ اللّاتِ فيهن السَّديفُ كأنّه

    إذا ما تراءته العيون ثبيرُ

    One of those in which the hump-fat seems,

    when eyes behold it, like Mount Thabir.

  4. يُحزنَ لأضياف الشّتاء فكلُّ مَن

    أراد القِرى منهنّ فهْوَ قديرُ

    They are reserved for winter's guests, so everyone who

    seeks hospitality from them can obtain it.

  5. كأنّ شحومَ البُزَّلِ الكُومِ وسطها

    يطارحه فوّارهنّ صبيرُ

    As though the fat of full-grown, high-humped camels within it

    were a cloud-bank tossed by their seething surge.

  6. فَما لِلبُيوتِ دونَهنّ مغالقٌ

    ولا للكلابِ حولهنّ هريرُ

    So no house has locks barring the way to them,

    nor do the dogs around them growl.

  7. فكم عُقِرتْ من أجلهنّ شِمِلَّةٌ

    وذاق الرّدى حتّى فَهِقْنَ بعيرُ

    How many a swift she-camel was slaughtered for their sake,

    and many a camel tasted death until they were filled to the brim!