1. كَأَنَّ النَعامَ باضَ فَوقَ رُؤوسِهِم

    بِنَهيِ القِذافِ أَو بِنَهيٍ مُخَفِّقِ

    As though ostriches had laid eggs atop their heads

    at the pool of al-Qidhaf, or at the pool of Mukhaffiq.