1. كَأَنَّها إِذ خُضِبَت حِنّا وَدَم

    وَالحُرُضُ العن وَالهَرمُ العُصُمْ

    As though, when dyed, it were henna and blood;

    And the potash shrubs [unclear word], and the white-marked saltbushes.