1. أَراها نُجومَ اللَيلِ وَالشَمسُ حَيَّةٌ

    زِحامِ بَناتِ الحارِثُ بنِ عُبادِ

    She was shown the stars of night while the sun still lived,

    by the rivalry of the daughters of al-Harith ibn ʿAbbad.

  2. نِساءٌ أَبوهُنَّ الأَغَرُّ وَلَم تَكُن

    مِنَ الحُتِّ في أَجبالِها وَهَدادِ

    Women whose father is illustrious; she was not

    of al-Hutt in its mountains, nor of Hadad.

  3. وَلَم يَكُنِ الجَوفُ الغَموضُ مَحَلَّها

    وَلا في الهِجارِيِّينَ رَهطِ زِيادِ

    Nor was deep-lying al-Jawf her dwelling,

    nor was it among the Hijaris, Ziyad’s clan.

  4. وَلَيسَت وَإِن نَبَّأتُ أَنّي أُحِبُّها

    إِلى دارِمِيّاتِ النِجارِ جِيادِ

    And she is not—even if I have declared that I love her—

    a match for the well-bred women of Darimi stock.

  5. أَبوها الَّذي أَدنى النَعامُةَ بَعدَما

    أَبَت وائِلٌ في الحَربِ غَيرَ تَمادِ

    Her father is he who brought al-Naʿamah near, after

    Wa’il refused anything but persistence in war.

  6. عَدَلتُ بِها مَيلُ النَوارِ فَأَصبَحَت

    وَقَد رَضِيَت بِالنِصفِ بَعدَ بِعادِ

    Through her I set al-Nawar’s waywardness straight, and she became

    now content with half, after estrangement.