1. وَصاحَت مَساميرُ الرِحالِ وَكُلِّفَت

    عَلى الجَهدِ بالموماةِ سَيراً مُطَحطَحا

    And the saddle-nails shrieked, and the mounts were forced

    despite their weariness, to make a jolting march across the desert,

  2. كَما صاحَ سِربٌ مِن عَصافيرِ صَيفَةٍ

    تَواعَدنَ كَرماً بالسَراةِ مُمَزَّحا

    as a flock of summer sparrows cried out,

    having agreed to meet at a vineyard in al-Sarāt, its grapes ripening.