وقصيرِ الظَّهر مرفوعِ الخطا

وقصيرِ الظَّهر مرفوعِ الخطا

تامكِ الحارِكِ نَهدٍ مُعتدل

تامكِ الحارِكِ نَهدٍ مُعتدل

And a short-backed, high-stepping steed,

With back erect and graceful gait

high at the withers, sturdy and well-proportioned.

Full breasts that gently swell and sway

وَهوَ محزومٌ على حيزومهِ

وَهوَ محزومٌ على حيزومهِ

ببياض في أديم قد صُقل

ببياض في أديم قد صُقل

He is girdled about his chest

Girth bound about his waist so slim

with whiteness upon a hide polished smooth.

White linen on brown skin that gleams

فترى اللّيلَ على مَقدَمهِ

فترى اللّيلَ على مَقدَمهِ

شطرهُ فيهِ وشطراً في الكَفَل

شطرهُ فيهِ وشطراً في الكَفَل

So you see night upon his forequarters,

By night his forelock parts in two

half of it there, and half upon his rump.

One onto cheek and one onto scruff

أوكأنَّ السَّيفَ في موسطه

أوكأنَّ السَّيفَ في موسطه

بين قَينَينَ لإصلاح الفَلَل

بين قَينَينَ لإصلاح الفَلَل

Or as though a sword at his middle

As though a sword midst form defined

lay between two smiths to have its nicks repaired.

Flanked by two hilts its blade to buff

أوكانًّ البدَر فيه أطبقت

أوكانًّ البدَر فيه أطبقت

فوقَهُ مُظلمة ثُمّ أطَل

فوقَهُ مُظلمة ثُمّ أطَل

Or as though the full moon within him had been covered

Or like the full moon when it shines

by a dark cloud above it, then peered out.

Obscured at first then appears above