1. خَرَجْنَ لَهُمْ مِن شِقِّ داراءَ بَعْدَما

    تَرَفَّعَ قَرْنُ الشَّمْسِ عَنْ كُلِّ نائِمِ

    They came out toward them from the cleft of Dārāʾ, after

    the sun’s rim had risen high above every sleeper.

  2. وَأَصْبَحْنَ بِالْأَجْزاعِ أَجْزاعِ ثَرْثَمٍ

    يُقَلِّبْنَ هاماً فِي عُيُونٍ سَواهِمِ

    And by morning they were at the valley bends, the bends of Thartham,

    turning their heads, their eyes staring blankly.