1. مرَّتْ نساءٌ كالظبا خلفَها

    أدهمُ يحميها منَ الكيدِ

    Women like gazelles passed by; behind them

    a dark-skinned man protected them from guile.

  2. قالوا لِمَا تصلحُ قلتُ الظبا

    للصيدِ والأدهمُ للقيدِ

    They asked, “What are they fit for?” I said, “The gazelles

    are for hunting, and the dark-skinned man for fetters.”