راحَت رَواحاً قَلوصي وَهي حامِدَةٌ
آلَ الزُبَيرِ وَلَم تَعدِل بِهم أَحَدا
My young she-camel departed in the evening, praising
the family of al-Zubayr, and reckoning none their equal.
راحَت بِسِتّينَ وَسقاً في حَقيبَتِها
ما حُمِّلَت حَملَها الأَدنى وَلا السَدَدا
She departed with sixty camel-loads in her saddlebag;
she was laden with neither her lightest load nor a middling one.
ما إِن رَأَيتُ قلوصاً قَبلَها حَمَلَت
سِتّينَ وَسقاً وَلا جابَت بِهم بَلَدا
Never before her have I seen a young she-camel carry
sixty camel-loads, or cross a land with them.
ذاكَ القِرى لا قِرى قَوم رَأَيتُهُم
يَقرونَ ضَيفَهُمُ الملويَّةَ الجُدَدا
That is hospitality—not the hospitality of people I have seen
who serve their guest whips of twisted leather thongs.
Sol 6.1