1. قد لفَّها الليلُ بمدلاج الليلْ

    ألَفَّ هفْهافِ الإزار والذيل

    Night has enfolded her with a traveler of the night,

    Stout-thighed, slender beneath waistcloth and trailing hem,

  2. ليس بِرعديدٍ ولا بزُمَّيلْ

    جلْد السرى مُعودٍ طرد الخيل

    Neither a trembling coward nor a weakling,

    Hardy on night journeys, accustomed to pursuing horses,

  3. إلى الكمال الدَّارمي ذي النِّيلْ

    إلى الغمام المُعْتفى ليْث الغيلْ

    To al-Kamal al-Darimi, possessor of bounty,

    To the raincloud sought for bounty, the lion of the thicket.

  4. نماهُ للعلياء قَيْلٌ عن قَيْلْ

    يغنيه لفح الحر عن شرب القيْل

    King after king raised him to eminence;

    The heat's scorching blast serves him instead of a midday draught;

  5. كأنما عطاؤه مَدُّ السَّيلْ

    As though his bounty were the surge of a torrent.