1. رَأى فَرَسي إِسطَبلَ موسى فَقالَ لي

    قِفا نَبكِ مِن ذِكرى حَبيبٍ وَمَنزِلِ

    My horse saw Musa's stable and said to me:

    Halt, you two; let us weep over the memory of a beloved and a dwelling.

  2. بِهِ لَم أَذُق طَعمَ الشَعيرِ كَأَنَّني

    بِسِقطِ اللِوى بَينَ الدُخولِ فَحَومَلِ

    There I have not tasted barley, as though I were

    At the edge of the winding sands, between al-Dukhul and Hawmal.

  3. تُقَعقِعُ مِن بَردِ الشِتاءِ أَضالِعي

    لِما نَسَجَتها مِن جَنوبٍ وَشَمأَلِ

    My ribs rattle from winter's cold,

    Because of the south and north winds that have woven over them.

  4. إِذا سَمِعَ السُوّاسُ صَوتَ تَحَمحُمي

    يَقولونَ لا تَهلِك أَسىً وَتَجَمُّلِ

    When the grooms hear the sound of my whinnying,

    They say, 'Do not perish of grief, and bear up.'

  5. أُعَوِّلُ في وَقتِ العَليقِ عَليهِمُ

    وَهَل عِندَ رَسمٍ دارِسٍ مِن مُعَوَّلِ

    I rely on them when it is time for fodder—

    Yet is there anything to rely on at an effaced trace?