1. أَحَقّاً أَتَانِي أَنَّ عَوْفَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ

    بِبَطْنِ رَمَى يُهْدِي إليَّ القَوَافِيَا

    Is the report I have received true—that ʿAwf ibn Mālik

    in the valley of Ramā is sending me rhymes?

  2. أَبَانُوا أَخاهُمْ إذْ أَرَادُوا زِيَالهُ

    بِأَسْوَاطِ قِدٍّ عَاقِدِينَ النَّوَاصِيَا

    They drove their brother away when they wished him gone,

    with rawhide whips, tying the forelocks.

  3. فَأَجْمَعُ أَجْلاساً شِدَاداً يَسُوقُهَا

    إلَيَّ إذَا رَاحَ الرِّعَاءُ رِعائِيَا

    So I gather stout, strong camels, driven

    to me by my herdsmen when the herdsmen return at evening.