1. Dwelling by the banks of the river until
She was clothed in its deep turbid flood.
١. مُجاوِرَةٌ سَوادَ النيرِ حَتّى
تَضَمَّنَها غُرَيقَةُ فَالجِفارُ
2. But when we came to high ground,
The rope was untied and the tokens put off.
٢. فَلَمّا أَن أَتَينَ عَلى أَرومٍ
وَجُذَّ الحَبلُ وَاِنقَطَعَ الإِمارُ