1. لَنِعمَ الفَتى تَعشو إِلى ضَوءِ نارِهِ

    طَريفُ بنُ مالٍ لَيلَةَ الجوعِ وَالخَصرِ

    Fine indeed is the young man whose firelight you seek:

    Ṭarīf son of Māl, on a night of hunger and cold,

  2. إِذا البازِلُ الكَوماءُ راحَت عَشِيَّةً

    تُلاوِذُ مِن صَوتِ المُبَسّينَ بِالشَجرِ

    when the mature, high-humped she-camel returns at dusk,

    seeking shelter among the trees from the camel-callers’ cries.