1. طَلَبتُ بها شاةَ الإِرانِ غُدَيَّةً

    مَرابِيَ سُفعاً قَد حَنَونَ لإِطفالِ

    Early one morning, with it I pursued the wild cows of the covert—

    Dark-muzzled mothers, already bending tenderly toward their young.