1. دِيارٌ لِسُعدى إِذ سُعادُ جِدايَةٌ

    مِنَ الأُدمِ خُمصانُ الحَشى غَيرُ خَنثَلِ

    The dwellings of Suʿdā, when Suʿād was a young gazelle,

    Of the white gazelles, slender-bellied, not stout;

  2. هِجانُ البَياضِ أُشرِبَت لَونَ صُفرَةٍ

    عَقيلَةُ جَوٍّ عازِبٍ لَم يُحَلَّلِ

    Pure white, tinged with a yellow hue,

    The prized gazelle of a remote, uninhabited valley.

  3. إِذا هِيَ لَم تَستَك بِعودِ أَراكَةٍ

    تُنُخِّلَ فَاِستاكَت بِهِ عودُ إِسحِلِ

    When she did not clean her teeth with an arāk twig,

    An isḥil twig was carefully chosen, and she cleaned them with it.