1. يا ابن حرب كَسَوْتني طيلساناً

    حَملهُ لاسمه كثيرٌ كثير

    O son of Harb, you clothed me in a shawl;

    merely bearing its name is much—far too much for it.

  2. يتجلّى تنسُّمُ الريح من غا

    ية تسعين فرسخاً فيطير

    A breath of wind appears from as far

    as ninety parasangs, and the shawl flies away.

  3. إنّ من يمسكُ السماءَ على الأر

    ضِ وباقي حَوْبائه لَقدير

    Indeed, He who holds the sky above the earth

    and what remains of this shawl's life is surely mighty.