وابيَض قَد نَبهته بَعد هَجعَة

وابيَض قَد نَبهته بَعد هَجعَة

فَقامَ يَشُدُّ السَّرجَ وَالمَرء ناعِسُ

فَقامَ يَشُدُّ السَّرجَ وَالمَرء ناعِسُ

And a fair-skinned man I had roused after a spell of sleep;

The white light awoke after slumber

So he rose to tighten the saddle, while the man was still drowsy.

So it rose, saddling the saddle, while the man was drowsy

عَلَيهِ دِلاصٌ كَالأضاة وبيضةٌ

عَلَيهِ دِلاصٌ كَالأضاة وبيضةٌ

تُضيء كَما يذكي من النارِ قابِسُ

تُضيء كَما يذكي من النارِ قابِسُ

He wore gleaming mail like a pool, and a helmet

Upon it a shining armor like a lamp

Shining like a flame a fire-borrower kindles from the fire.

It glows as embers are kindled from fire