1. فصَادَفَنا في الصُّبحِ عِلجٌ مُصَرَّدٌ

    إذا ما غَدا يَخَالُهُ الغِرُّ صادِعا

    Then at dawn a sturdy, white-marked wild ass met us;

    When he set out, the inexperienced would take him for a young ibex.

  2. يُطيفُ بِسِتٍّ كالقِسِيِّ قَوارِبٍ

    فأَيأَسَ إذ أَدبَرنَ مَن كانَ طامِعا

    He circles six, bow-like, approaching water;

    So, as they turned away, he left the hopeful in despair.

  3. مُضَمِّمَ أَطرافِ العِظامِ مُحَنِّباً

    يُهَزهِزُ غُصناً ذا ذَوائِبَ مائِعا

    With close-set joints and legs held bowed,

    He shakes a supple branch with trailing tresses.

  4. أَحَالَ عَلَيهِ بِالقَنَاةِ غُلامُنا

    فَأَذرِع بِه لِخَلَّةِ الشَّاةِ راقِعا

    Our young man lunged at him with his spear;

    How swiftly he patched our lack of a sheep!