أَصَحُّhealthiest عيونِeyes الغانياتِthe beautiful women مريضُهاtheir ailing ones
أَصَحُّ عيونِ الغانياتِ مريضُها
وافتكُand deadliest أَلحاِglances (damaged text) الحسانِthe beauties غضيضُهاtheir downcast ones
وافتكُ أَلحاِ الحسانِ غضيضُها
The healthiest eyes of beautiful women are their languid ones.
The sickest of the singing girls' eyes is her ailment
The deadliest glances of beauties are their downcast ones.
And the loss of her beauty pains her heart
تهزُّsways قُدودَslender shafts السُّمرِthe tawny spears للفتكِto kill سحرُهاtheir magic
تهزُّ قُدودَ السُّمرِ للفتكِ سحرُها
وتشهرُand unsheathes منfrom أَجفانهاtheir eyelids البيضِthe white ones بيضُهاtheir bright swords
وتشهرُ من أَجفانها البيضِ بيضُها
Their magic sways tawny spear-shafts to kill,
She sways the branches of the willow for its charm's sake
And from their white eyelids their bright swords are drawn.
And displays from her eyelids whiteness white as eggs
وقدand indeed طالَhas lasted long فكريmy pondering فيabout خصورٍwaists ضعيفةٍfrail
وقد طالَ فكري في خصورٍ ضعيفةٍ
بأعباءِunder the burdens of ماwhat فيinside الأُزْرِthe waist-wraps كيفhow نهوضُهاtheir rising
بأعباءِ ما في الأُزْرِ كيف نهوضُها
Long have I pondered those fragile waists:
My thoughts have long dwelled on delicate waists
How do they rise beneath the weight of what the waist-wraps hold?
With the burdens of what the robes conceal and how they bear them
غَرِضْنَthey grew weary بشيبيof my gray hair والشّبيبةُand youth إنّماonly
غَرِضْنَ بشيبي والشّبيبةُ إنّما
يغرُّbeguiles الغَريراتthe naive women الحسانَthe beautiful ones غَريضهاits freshness
يغرُّ الغَريرات الحسانَ غَريضها
They tire of my gray hair; as for youth, it is only
I tease my white hair yet youthfulness
Its freshness that beguiles the innocent beauties.
Only allures the beautiful with its coyness
سوافرُunveiled ones غُرٌّradiant ones عنfrom وجوهٍfaces لحسنهاfor their beauty
سوافرُ غُرٌّ عن وجوهٍ لحسنها
معانٍmeanings علىfor فهميmy understanding يدقُّis too subtle غموضُهاtheir obscurity
معانٍ على فهمي يدقُّ غموضُها
Radiant, unveiled ones, showing faces whose beauty holds
Dark-haired beauties, lovely of face, are aloof
Meanings too subtly hidden for my understanding.
Their meanings perplex my mind, obscure to fathom
نوافرُskittish ones مسودَblackness of الشّبابِyouth أليفهاtheir companion
نوافرُ مسودَ الشّبابِ أليفها
حبائبbeloved ones مبيضُّwhiteness of المشيبgray hair بَغيضُهاwhat they detest
حبائب مبيضُّ المشيب بَغيضُها
Skittish ones, whose companion is the blackness of youth;
Long-haired damsels, intimate in their blackness
Beloved ones, whose enemy is the whiteness of gray age.
Pleasing white forelocks yet hateful hoary ones
عنfrom المُقْترِthe impoverished man الباديshowing القَتيرgray hairs نِفارُهاtheir flight
عن المُقْترِ البادي القَتير نِفارُها
وعندand beside الفتىthe young man الحاليadorned with الثراءwealth ربُوضُهاtheir settling
وعند الفتى الحالي الثراء ربُوضُها
They flee the needy man whose gray hairs show,
She recoils from the ugly old man and his repulsion
And settle beside the young man adorned with wealth.
Yet seeks the company of the wealthy youth for his comforts
كأنَّas though قلوبَhearts العاشقينَthe lovers بدينهاfor their debt
كأنَّ قلوبَ العاشقينَ بدينها
رُهونُpledges غرامٍpassionate love ماnever تؤدَّىare repaid قُروضُهاtheir loans
رُهونُ غرامٍ ما تؤدَّى قُروضُها
As though lovers’ hearts, indebted to them,
It's as if the hearts of lovers are pawned to her love
Were pledges of love whose loans are never repaid.
Debts never paid though demands she makes
وقدand indeed غرَّdeceived فيin ميعادِهاtheir promised meeting وهوand it is خُلّبٌrainless lightning
وقد غرَّ في ميعادِها وهو خُلّبٌ
كماjust as غَرَّdeceived مِنfrom شَيمِwatching البروقِthe lightning flashes وميضُهاtheir gleam
كما غَرَّ مِن شَيمِ البروقِ وميضُها
I was beguiled by their promised meeting, a rainless flash,
She enticed me at our tryst yet slyly slipped away
As lightning’s gleam beguiles those watching it.
Like lightning flashes briefly then fades
أَجرنيprotect me بصبرٍwith patience إنَّfor indeed فيضَthe flood of مدامعيmy tears
أَجرني بصبرٍ إنَّ فيضَ مدامعي
سيولُtorrents همومٍsorrows فيin فؤاديmy heart مغيضُهاtheir draining-place
سيولُ همومٍ في فؤادي مغيضُها
Shield me with patience: the flood of my tears
Grant me patience, my tears will pour
Is torrents of sorrow whose sink lies in my heart.
As streams of sorrow, bitter inside me
وهلand can مطفئاتٌextinguishers أَدمعيmy tears نارَfire لوعةٍanguish
وهل مطفئاتٌ أَدمعي نارَ لوعةٍ
توقّدُblazes فيin أَرجاءِall parts of قلبيmy heart مضيضُهاits searing pain
توقّدُ في أَرجاءِ قلبي مضيضُها
Can my tears quench a fire of anguish
Can any quench the fires of my burning pain
Whose searing pain blazes throughout my heart?
That blaze through all corners of my heart?
تُكلِّفُنيyou require me نقضَbreaking العهودِthe vows بسلوةٍthrough forgetting
تُكلِّفُني نقضَ العهودِ بسلوةٍ
ثباتيmy steadfastness علىin إبرامِbinding fast وَجديmy passion نقيضُهاits opposite
ثباتي على إبرامِ وَجدي نقيضُها
You bid me break my vows through forgetfulness;
She lightly breaks her vows and promises
My resolve to bind my passion fast is its opposite.
While my devotion contradicts her dismissal
أأُغضيshall I overlook علىover حدٍan edge منof الضَّيمinjustice مُرمضٍscorching
أأُغضي على حدٍ من الضَّيم مُرمضٍ
وسيفيand my sword بتّارُa cleaver of الحدودِblades رميضُهاkeenly honed in them
وسيفي بتّارُ الحدودِ رميضُها
Shall I overlook a scorching edge of injustice
Shall I ignore her hurtful injustice and tyranny
While my sword cleaves blades, its own edge finely honed?
When my sword's edge is sharpened for borders?
أَغثنيَhelp me بالإرشادِwith guidance فالطُّرقُfor the roads إنّماonly
أَغثنيَ بالإرشادِ فالطُّرقُ إنّما
يَدلُّguides بهاalong them خِرَّيتُهاtheir expert guide ونفيضُهاand their scout
يَدلُّ بها خِرَّيتُها ونفيضُها
Help me with guidance; along the roads it is only
Guide me with wisdom for paths
Their expert guide and scout who can show the way.
Are only shown by experience and overflow
أَعِنّيhelp me علىagainst بلوايmy ordeal فالعمرُfor life غمرةٌan engulfing flood
أَعِنّي على بلواي فالعمرُ غمرةٌ
يعاينُbeholds أَهوالterrors الردىdeath منwhoever يخوضُهاwades into it
يعاينُ أَهوال الردى من يخوضُها
Help me in my trial: life is an engulfing flood;
Help me withstand my trial, for life is turbid
Whoever wades into it beholds the terrors of death.
Full of the horrors of fate for those who dare it
شجانيgrieved me انضماميmy joining والخطوبُwhile calamities كثيرةare many
شجاني انضمامي والخطوبُ كثيرة
إلىinto خطّةٍa plight يؤذيharms الأسودَthe lions بعوضُهاits mosquitoes
إلى خطّةٍ يؤذي الأسودَ بعوضُها
It pains me, amid so many calamities, to have entered
My concerns doubled joining her, troubles aplenty
A plight whose mosquitoes hurt lions.
To a treacherous plan that harms the lions with mosquitoes
تساوَىbecame equal لديهاwithin it غَثُّهاits lean ones وسمينُهاand its fat ones
تساوَى لديها غَثُّها وسمينُها
وأَودَىand perished بهاthrough it منحوضُهاits flesh-stripped ones ونحيضُهاand its fleshy ones
وأَودَى بها منحوضُها ونحيضُها
There, its lean and its fat have become equal;
She weighs them equal, muck and cream
Both its flesh-stripped and its fleshy have perished there.
And destroys composer and singer alike
وليand I have عندَupon تحقيقِverification of المعانيthe meanings أَدلّةٌproofs
ولي عندَ تحقيقِ المعاني أَدلّةٌ
تزيَّفُare shown counterfeit فيin وقتِthe time of النُّضارِpure gold نقوضُهاtheir rebuttals
تزيَّفُ في وقتِ النُّضارِ نقوضُها
I have proofs when meanings are scrutinized,
Yet I have evidence in scrutinizing meanings
Whose rebuttals prove counterfeit in the hour of pure gold.
That expose her lies in days of bloom
حُظوظيmy fortunes علىwith عِلاّتِهاtheir flaws وشتاتِهاand their disarray
حُظوظي على عِلاّتِها وشتاتِها
كأبياتِlike verses of شعرٍpoetry ماnot يصحُّis sound عَروضُهاtheir meter
كأبياتِ شعرٍ ما يصحُّ عَروضُها
My fortunes, with all their flaws and disarray,
My fortunes upon her heights and depths
Are like verses whose meter will not scan.
Are like verses of poetry with faulty meter
جوامدُfrozen لكنْbut نارُthe fire of عزميmy resolve تُذيبهاmelts them
جوامدُ لكنْ نارُ عزمي تُذيبها
جوامحُunruly لكنْbut طولُthe length of صبريmy patience يروضهاtames them
جوامحُ لكنْ طولُ صبري يروضها
Frozen, yet the fire of my resolve melts them;
Frozen they may be, but my fiery resolve melts them
Unruly, yet my long patience tames them.
Wild they are, yet my patience tames them
ستشرقُwill shine فيat أَوجِthe zenith of الصُّعودِascent سُعودُهاtheir lucky stars
ستشرقُ في أَوجِ الصُّعودِ سُعودُها
وإنْand even if زادَincreases إظلامَthe darkening of الحظوظِfortunes حضيضُهاtheir nadir
وإنْ زادَ إظلامَ الحظوظِ حضيضُها
Their lucky stars will shine at the zenith of ascent,
Shadows may thicken misfortune's descent
Though their nadir deepens the darkness of my fortunes.
But ascent shines at the height of glory
بجودِthrough the bounty of أَميرِCommander of المؤمنينَthe Faithful وسَيبهِand his largesse
بجودِ أَميرِ المؤمنينَ وسَيبهِ
تفيضُoverflow علىover أَرضِthe land of الأمانيhopes فيوضُهاtheir floods
تفيضُ على أَرضِ الأماني فيوضُها
Through the bounty of the Commander of the Faithful and his gifts,
Through the Imam of the faithful's generosity and aid
Their floods pour over the land of hopes.
His overflowing springs pour on the land of wishes
إمامُimam of البراياcreatures خيرُهاtheir best مُستضيئهاtheir illumined one
إمامُ البرايا خيرُها مُستضيئها
غزيرُabundant in الأياديfavors جَمُّهاprofuse in them مستفيضهاoverflowing with them
غزيرُ الأيادي جَمُّها مستفيضها
The creatures’ imam, their best, their illumined one,
The leader of all goodness, its shining lamp
Rich in favors, profuse in them and overflowing.
Hands gushing forth, abundant and streaming
تقفيضُpour forth (uncertain reading) لترويضِto tame الرَّجاءِhope مياهُهُhis waters
تقفيضُ لترويضِ الرَّجاءِ مياهُهُ
وللنُّجحِand for success يُرجىare hoped for عدُّهاtheir unfailing springs ونضيضهاand their scant trickle
وللنُّجحِ يُرجى عدُّها ونضيضها
His waters pour forth to tame hope [reading uncertain],
His rainwaters diminish the ambitions of hopes
And for success one looks to their unfailing springs and their trickles.
And for success, we anticipate their ebb and flow
جزيلُlavish in العطاياgifts وافرabundant in الفضلُbounty وارفُwide-spreading الthe (continued next line)
جزيلُ العطايا وافر الفضلُ وارفُ ال
ظِّلالِshade طويلُlong in المأثراتِglorious deeds عريضُهاbroad in them
ظِّلالِ طويلُ المأثراتِ عريضُها
Lavish in gifts, abundant in bounty, wide-spreading in
Great in bounty, vast in merit, shaded in
Shade; his noble deeds extend long and broad.
Kindness, weighty in legacy, extensive its expanse
تبَدَّلُare exchanged بالأموالِfor riches آمالُthe hopes of وَفدِهِhis visiting delegation
تبَدَّلُ بالأموالِ آمالُ وَفدِهِ
فكمso how many فاقةٍa want منّاof ours بوجدٍwith wealth يعيضُهاhe replaces it
فكم فاقةٍ منّا بوجدٍ يعيضُها
The hopes of his visitors are exchanged for riches;
His hospitality replaces destitution with joy
How often he replaces our poverty with wealth!
And many a poverty made bearable by his comfort
ويفتحُand he opens مِنof مُلتاحهِhis thirsting petitioner باللُّهاwith gifts اللِّهاthe throats
ويفتحُ مِن مُلتاحهِ باللُّها اللِّها
وقدand already حالَstood in the way منfrom دونِbefore القريضِpoetry جَريضُهاtheir choking anguish
وقد حالَ من دونِ القريضِ جَريضُها
With gifts he opens the throats of his thirsting petitioners,
His openhandedness opens wide the gates
Though their choking anguish had stood in the way of poetry.
Barred before by lines of verse poor in meter
إذاwhen اقترحتْconceived منّاfrom us القرائحُpoetic faculties مدحَهُhis praise
إذا اقترحتْ منّا القرائحُ مدحَهُ
تسابقَraced منfrom شوقٍlonging إليهtoward him قريضُهاtheir verse
تسابقَ من شوقٍ إليه قريضُها
Whenever our poetic minds conceive his praise,
When inspirations move us to praise him
Their verse races toward him in longing.
His eulogies race in passion to extol him
مُواليهhis supporter مشكورُpraised المساعيin endeavors نجيحهاsuccessful in them
مُواليه مشكورُ المساعي نجيحها
وشانيهِand his hater مردودُrejected المباغيin aims دَحُوضُهاunsuccessful in them
وشانيهِ مردودُ المباغي دَحُوضُها
His adherent’s endeavors are praised and successful;
Those loyal find success rewarded
His hater’s aims are rejected and come to nothing.
While disregard earns failure and rejection
أَتتناcame to us وفودُdelegations المكرماتِof noble deeds بجودهِthrough his bounty
أَتتنا وفودُ المكرماتِ بجودهِ
ووافىand arrived إليناto us قضهاall of them وقضيضُهاand every last one of them
ووافى إلينا قضها وقضيضُها
Delegations of noble deeds have come to us through his bounty,
Delegations of gifts came with his generosity
And every last one of them has reached us.
Bearing all we hoped for and more
إذاwhen ظمئتْgrew thirsty آمالناour hopes وردتْcame to drink لهat his
إذا ظمئتْ آمالنا وردتْ له
بحارseas لهىًbounty يرويquenches العطاشَthe thirsty فَضيضُهاtheir flowing water
بحار لهىً يروي العطاشَ فَضيضُها
When our hopes thirst, they come to his
When our hopes thirst, his rivers of plenty
Seas of bounty, whose flowing waters slake the thirsty.
Quench the thirst of yearning souls
منfrom الأُسرةِthe family الغُرِّthe radiant ones التيwhich بولائهاthrough loyalty to them
من الأُسرةِ الغُرِّ التي بولائها
أَفاضَpoured forth المبرّاتِacts of goodness الغزارَthe abundant ones مفيضُهاtheir giver
أَفاضَ المبرّاتِ الغزارَ مفيضُها
From the radiant family, through loyalty to whom
Of the noble clan whose loyalty
The giver has poured forth abundant acts of goodness.
Brought abundant blessings gushing forth
مكرّمةٌhonored أَعراضُهاtheir reputations ومهانةٌand held cheap
مكرّمةٌ أَعراضُها ومهانةٌ
لإظهارto manifest عزِّthe glory of الأولياءthe allies عُروضُهاtheir worldly possessions
لإظهار عزِّ الأولياء عُروضُها
Their honor is revered, while held of little account,
Honored are their reputations, disgraced are those
To exalt their allies, are their worldly possessions.
Who expose the glory of saints to abuse
موالاتهمloyalty to them فيin اللّهِGod عنfrom صدقِsincerity of نيّةٍintention
موالاتهم في اللّهِ عن صدقِ نيّةٍ
غسولٌa cleansing wash لأَدرانِfor the stains of الذُّنوبِsins رحوضُهاwashing them away
غسولٌ لأَدرانِ الذُّنوبِ رحوضُها
Loyalty to them in God, with sincere intent,
Loyal to God with truest intent
Is a cleansing wash that removes the stains of sins.
Washing clean sins in purification's pools
همthey الكاشفوthe dispellers of الغمّاءgloom فيin كلِّevery لزبةٍcrisis
هم الكاشفو الغمّاء في كلِّ لزبةٍ
عداassailed بنيوبِwith the fangs of النائباتِcalamities عضوضُهاits biting scourge
عدا بنيوبِ النائباتِ عضوضُها
They dispel gloom in every crisis,
They lift veils in every strait and trial
When its biting scourge strikes with calamity’s fangs.
Except the claws of lurking fates
أَضاءَshone بهمthrough them شرقthe east of البلادِthe lands وغربهاand their west
أَضاءَ بهم شرق البلادِ وغربها
وحيزتْand were won لهمfor them أَطوالهاtheir lengths وعروضُهاand their breadths
وحيزتْ لهم أَطوالها وعروضُها
Through them the lands’ east and west have shone,
The east and west shone with their light
And all their length and breadth have been won for them.
As their realm encompassed length and breadth
ومنand among عجبٍwonders صلَّتْprayed لقبلةِtoward the qibla of بأْسهمtheir might
ومن عجبٍ صلَّتْ لقبلةِ بأْسهم
رؤوسُheads أَعادٍof enemies منfrom ظُباهمtheir sword-edges محيضُهاtheir blood-flow
رؤوسُ أَعادٍ من ظُباهم محيضُها
And wondrously, toward the qibla of their might have prayed
A wondrous thing, their enemies bowed
Enemy heads, whose blood their sword-edges make flow.
Their heads to the awe their might evokes
تدلُّindicate علىon الرُّعبِthe terror الذيwhich فيin قلوبهاtheir hearts
تدلُّ على الرُّعبِ الذي في قلوبها
مفاصلُjoints للأَعداءِof the enemies شاجplaintive نقيضُهاtheir cracking
مفاصلُ للأَعداءِ شاج نقيضُها
The terror within their hearts is betrayed
Their joints prostrating hint the terror
By the enemies’ joints, whose cracking is a lament.
In their hearts, so contrary in nature
وماand no هامرٌpouring cloud هامٍstreaming منof الودقِrain إنْif بكىit wept
وما هامرٌ هامٍ من الودقِ إنْ بكى
تبسَّمَsmiled مرهومُrain-watered الرِّياضgardens أَريضُهاtheir lush part
تبسَّمَ مرهومُ الرِّياض أَريضُها
No raincloud pouring, streaming down—when it weeps,
No weeping pilgrim in holy grounds
The rain-fed gardens smile in their lushness,
But smiles seen in Medina's courtyards
جunclear fragment أَunclear fragment واديهاits valley وطابَand grew sweet نسيمُهاits breeze
ج أَ واديها وطابَ نسيمُها
وغرَّدَand warbled شاديهاits songbird وغنّىand sang غريضُهاits sweet-voiced singer
وغرَّدَ شاديها وغنّى غريضُها
Its valley [text unclear], and its breeze grows sweet,
Its valleys and breezes delighted
Its songbird warbles, and its sweet singer sings—
Its groves sing and thickets trill
بأَغزرَmore copious منthan جودِthe bounty of الإمامِthe imam الذيwho بهthrough him
بأَغزرَ من جودِ الإمامِ الذي به
إذاwhen شكتِcomplained الآمالُhopes يشفىis healed مريضُهاtheir ailing one
إذا شكتِ الآمالُ يشفى مريضُها
Is more abundant than the imam’s bounty, through whom,
With greater generosity than the Imam's
When hopes complain, their ailing ones are healed.
Whose aid cures the hopeful when ill
حبانيhe endowed me علىdespite ضنّthe stinginess of الزَّمانِtime بثروةٍwith wealth
حباني على ضنّ الزَّمانِ بثروةٍ
حلاgrew sweet زُبدُهاits butter فيin عيشتيmy life ومخيضهاand its buttermilk
حلا زُبدُها في عيشتي ومخيضها
He granted me wealth despite time’s stinginess,
He blessed me despite fate's disfavor
Its butter and buttermilk sweetening my life.
Sweetening my life's bitterness and gall
جناحwing of رجائيmy hope ريشَwas feathered والناسُwhile people منهمُat their hands
جناح رجائي ريشَ والناسُ منهمُ
رجائيَmy hope محصوصplucked of الخوافيinner wing-feathers مهيضُهاbroken in them
رجائيَ محصوص الخوافي مهيضُها
My hope’s wing was feathered; yet at people’s hands
My hopes took wing and people abandoned hope
My hope has its inner wing-feathers plucked and broken.
While mine strained the limits and pushed all bounds
إليكَto you أميرَCommander of المؤمنينَthe Faithful أَحثُّهاI urge them on
إليكَ أميرَ المؤمنينَ أَحثُّها
نِياقاًshe-camels تردَّىare draped بالهُزالin emaciation نغوضُهاtheir shoulder-cartilages
نِياقاً تردَّى بالهُزال نغوضُها
To you, Commander of the Faithful, I urge them on,
To you, Prince of the Faithful, I drive them
She-camels whose shoulders are draped in wasting.
Rushing emaciated steeds urged on
طلائعُforerunners of آمالٍhopes رَذاياworn-out mounts of مطالبٍquests
طلائعُ آمالٍ رَذايا مطالبٍ
تداعتُhave collapsed بتعريقِunder the stripping of النُّحولِemaciation نحوضُهاtheir flesh
تداعتُ بتعريقِ النُّحولِ نحوضُها
Forerunners of hopes, spent mounts of desires,
Seeking of hopes the vanguard, processions of wants
Their flesh has fallen away, stripped by emaciation.
Crowding in hardship's jostling throngs
حواملُcarriers of آرابٍdesires حواملُpregnant with نجحهاtheir success
حواملُ آرابٍ حواملُ نجحها
إذاwhen عقمتْbecame barren ميلادُهاtheir prolific breeders ونفوضُهاand their miscarrying ones
إذا عقمتْ ميلادُها ونفوضُها
Carriers of desires, pregnant with their fulfillment,
Pregnant with success should their birth go well
When their prolific breeders and miscarrying ones are barren.
Not fail delivery nor luck go wrong
لئنif indeed عافتِturned aside الأقدارُfate’s decrees عنfrom قصدِseeking بابكمyour gate
لئن عافتِ الأقدارُ عن قصدِ بابكم
وعارضنيand confronted me عندَat المسيرِsetting out عروضُهاits obstacles
وعارضني عندَ المسيرِ عروضُها
If fate has turned me aside from seeking your gate,
If fates prevent me reaching your abode
And its obstacles confront me when I set out,
And duties hinder my journey along
فإنّيthen surely I أَنَّىwherever كنتُI may be فيin ظلِّthe shade of طاعةٍobedience
فإنّي أَنَّى كنتُ في ظلِّ طاعةٍ
لغيرfor other than هداكمyour guidance ماnot تقامُare performed فروضُهاits obligatory duties
لغير هداكم ما تقامُ فروضُها
Wherever I may be, I am beneath the shade of an obedience
Wherever in obedient service I stand
Whose duties are fulfilled for no guidance but yours.
No obligations stand without your command
سأَطلبُI shall seek ربّيmy Lord فيin ورودِcoming to بحاركمyour seas
سأَطلبُ ربّي في ورودِ بحاركم
وأَهجرُand I shall forsake قوماًa people أَظمأتنيhave made me thirsty بروضُهاtheir scant trickles
وأَهجرُ قوماً أَظمأتني بروضُها
I shall seek my Lord by coming to your seas,
I will seek my Lord at your oceans' shore
And forsake a people whose scant trickles have left me thirsty.
And abandon a people whose pastures left me long parched
Sol 6.1