1. أَنعَتُ أَمثالاً قَذَذتُ قَذّا

    يَشحَذُها السوطُ البَطينُ شَحذا

    I describe likenesses I have closely trimmed.

    The thick-bellied whip whets them keenly.

  2. تَوارَيا خَلفَ الظِباءِ حَذّا

    كَأَنَّما يَجذُبُهُنَّ جَبذا

    The two vanished behind the gazelles at speed.

    As though he were pulling them with a forceful tug.

  3. يَجُذُّ غَيطانَ الفَلاةِ جَذّا

    كَالنَبلِ هَذَّتها القِسِيُّ هَذّا

    He cuts clean through the desert's hollows.

    Like arrows the bows have sent hurtling.

  4. لَم أَدرِ ذا أَسرَعُ شَدّاً أَم ذا

    I could not tell which ran faster—this one or that.