1. ومُودع في المَطايا لَسْعَةً حمَّةٍ

    فَيُزعِجُ الروحَ تعذيباً مِنَ الجَسَدِ

    And one that plants a venomous sting in the mounts,

    then drives the soul from the body through torment.

  2. يُغْشي السوامَ مَناقِيراً فَتَحسَبُها

    مَباضِعاً مُدمِياتٍ كلَّ مُفتَصدِ

    It besets the grazing herds with beaks you would take

    for lancets drawing blood from every patient being bled.

  3. يَحُكّ من دَمِها القاني يداً بِيَدٍ

    حَكّ الظَريفِ بِحنّاءٍ بَنانَ يَدِ

    It rubs one hand against the other with their crimson blood,

    as a dandy rubs henna onto the fingertips of his hand.