1. يَستَصحب القَوس أَخو همة

    لِعَزمِهِ تَذعن أَقرانهُ

    A man of resolve takes the bow along;

    his peers yield to his determination.

  2. سِهامُهُ يَجمَعُها شادِنٌ

    بِمِثلِها تُرشق أَجفانَهُ

    A young gazelle gathers his arrows;

    his eyelids shoot arrows like them.

  3. أَو رَكب الطَرف بِها مُهجَتي

    مَنزِلَهُ الرَحب وَمَيدانَهُ

    Or, if he mounts the steed with it, my heart is

    his spacious dwelling and his arena.