1. مَشينا في بِلاد لَيسَ فيها

    سِوى وَحل يَموج وَلا يَحولُ

    We traveled through lands where there was nothing

    but mud that surges and never changes.

  2. كَأَنَّكَ راكب فَلكاً إِذا ما

    مَشَت بِكَ في مَجاريهِ الخُيولُ

    It is as though you were riding a ship whenever

    the horses carried you along its channels.

  3. أَقول لِراسب في الوَحل يَحبو

    أَطابَ لَكَ التَرَدُد وَالمُقيلُ

    I say to one sunk in the mud, crawling:

    Do you find going to and fro and resting at noon pleasant?

  4. إِذا اِعتادَ الفَتى خَوض المَنايا

    فَأَهون ما يَمرّ بِهِ الوحولُ

    If a young man grows used to wading through death's perils,

    then mud is the easiest thing he passes through.