1. The war he obtained with blades
So join and sever with the delicate joints
١. مُنى صِلِّ حَربٍ نالَها بِالمَناصِلِ
فَواصِل وَقاطِع بِالرِقاقِ الفَواصِلِ
2. I quenched you with the water of joints refreshed
And we conversed privately between the joints
٢. سَقَينَكَ مِن ماءِ المَفاصِلِ مُروِياً
وَزايَلنَ في الهَيجاءِ بَينَ المَفاصِلِ
3. You were gracious to your few children grieving
So you are to them as the flexible joints
٣. مَنَنتَ عَلى أَبنائِكَ النَزرَ آسِفاً
فَأَنتَ عَلَيهِم كَالأَلَدِّ المُفاصِلِ
4. And you never spent a night in exhaustive effort among them
Until dawn shows the greying of the separator
٤. وَلَم تَسعَ فيهِم لَيلَةً سَعيَ مُتعِبٍ
إِلى أَن يُبينَ الصُبحُ شَيبَةَ ناصِلِ
5. Did you not see the owlets whose mothers
Cast them what they had gained in the joints
٥. أَلَم تَرَ زُغباً أَدلَجَت أُمَّهاتُها
فَأَلقَت لَها ما حَصَّلَت في الحَواصِلِ
6. Trees in the sky grew lofty
Their elements in weakness like the joints
٦. غَدَت شَجَراتٌ في السَماءِ سَوامِقاً
عَناصِرُها في الضَعفِ مِثلُ العَناصِل