1. وَلَقَد نَهَيتُ مُخَرِّقاً فَتَخَرَّقَت

    بِمُخَرِّقٍ شُطنُ الدِلاءِ شَغورُ

    Indeed I warned Mukharriq, but they tore apart—

    the buckets’ loose-hanging ropes, because of Mukharriq.

  2. وَلَقَد نَهَيتُكَ مَرَّتَينِ وَلَم أَكُن

    أُثني إِذا حَمِقٌ ثَنى مَغرورُ

    Indeed I warned you twice, though I was not

    one to repeat my warning when a deluded fool repeated his folly,

  3. حَتّى يُداوِيَ أَهلُهُ مَأمومَةً

    في الرَأسِ تُدبِرُ مَرَّةً وَتَثورُ

    until his family treated a wound reaching the brain’s covering,

    in the head, now subsiding, now flaring up.