يُريدُ وَثاقٌ ناقَتي وَيَعيبُها

يُخادِعُني عَنها وَثاقُ بنِ جابِرِ

Wathaq wants my she-camel and finds fault with her

Wathaq son of Jabir deceives me about her

فَقُلتُ تَعَلَّم يا وِثاقُ بِأَنَّها

عَلَيكَ حِمىً أُخرى اللَيالي الغَوابِرِ

So I said, learn, O Wathaq, that she is forbidden

To you, throughout the overcast nights

بَصَرتَ بِها كَوماءَ حَوساءَ جَلدَةً

مِنَ المولياتِ الهامِ حَدَّ الظَهائِرِ

You saw her tall, smooth-skinned like a sand dune

Among the battalion’s roving she-camels

فَحاوَلتَ خَدعي والظُنونُ كَواذِبٌ

وَكَم طامِعٍ في خِدعَتي غَير ظافِرِ

Yet you tried to trick me while assumptions deceive

And how many desiring to trick me were unsuccessful