1. We suffered the distress of drought through the night
And the writhing and torment were like a swarm of locusts
١. بِتْنا نُكابِدُ هَمَّ القَحْطِ لَيْلَتَنا
وأنْجَدَ السُّهْدُ والكَرْبُ البَراغِيثا
2. What we endured
Of hardship, would be carried away, if the land were watered
٢. وكانَ يُحْمَلُ ما كُنّا نُكابِدُهُ
منَ المشقّةِ لوْ أنّ البَرى غِيثا