وأَدهَمَ لولا سنا غُرَّةٍ

وأَدهَمَ لولا سنا غُرَّةٍ

له لكسا البدرَ منه سرارار

له لكسا البدرَ منه سرارار

And a jet-black steed—were it not for the gleam of a white blaze

Had it not been for the gray hair of youth

Upon him, he would clothe the full moon in his own moonless darkness.

The full moon would have borrowed light from his face

تلهَّبَتِ الأرضُ مِنْ عَدْوِهِ

تلهَّبَتِ الأرضُ مِنْ عَدْوِهِ

فأورى بزند الصّفا الصلدِ نارا

فأورى بزند الصّفا الصلدِ نارا

The earth blazed from his galloping,

The land burned from his enemy

So he kindled fire with the hard rock as his fire-striker.

So he defended the rugged cliff with a flaming fire

أقبُّ إذا ما تعاطى السباقَ

أقبُّ إذا ما تعاطى السباقَ

مع الهُوجِ أوثقهنَّ إسارا

مع الهُوجِ أوثقهنَّ إسارا

Lean-bellied, whenever he took to racing

I love when he takes up the race

With the raging winds, he bound them fast in fetters.

Among the stallions, the strongest tied

حَذَوْهُ الحديدَ اهتضاماً وظلماً

حَذَوْهُ الحديدَ اهتضاماً وظلماً

ولو أَنْصَفُوهُ حَذَوْهُ النُّضارا

ولو أَنْصَفُوهُ حَذَوْهُ النُّضارا

They shod him with iron, slighting and wronging him;

They accused him unjustly and aggressively

And had they treated him fairly, they would have shod him with pure gold.

While the innocent would have followed him as role models