1. أَقفَرَ الحضرُ مِن نَضيَرةَ فالمر

    باعُ مِنها فجانِبُ الثَّرثارِ

    Hatra lay deserted of Naḍīrah, and al-Mir—

    bāʿ of her too, and the bank of the Tharthar,

  2. إذ تَواصَوا بِالكَبشِ لَمّا أَحَسُّ

    وهُ وقالُوا مَعَ الحِذارِ حَذارِ

    when they counseled one another about the ram, once they sensed

    it, and said, with caution, 'Beware!'