1. When we arrived at Bishah's watering place, it was roiled
Only by blood of slain camels' foals,
١. وَلَمّا وَرَدنا ماءَ بيشَةَ لَم يَكُن
تَكَدَّرَ إِلّا مِن دِماءِ التَرائِبِ
2. We let our well-trained horses drink of it; they tasted nothing
But a draught undiluted by any other drinker.
٢. سَقَينا عِتاقَ الخَيلِ مِنهُ فَلَم تَذُق
سِوى مَذقَةٍ لَم تَروِ غُلَّةَ شارِبِ