لمّا رُمي بالقَنطَجوبِ تَخضرَمت

لمّا رُمي بالقَنطَجوبِ تَخضرَمت

شُرخا فتاهُ وفاضَ بالخُربعطلِ

شُرخا فتاهُ وفاضَ بالخُربعطلِ

When he was pelted with the qanṭajūb, [takhḍaramat: unclear],

When the kettledrum was struck, its skin was torn.

[Shurkhā: unclear] his young man, and he overflowed with the khurbaʿṭal.

Its youth spilled out and flowed with disruption.

فَكأنّه وَالبَجقطانُ تنوشهُ

فَكأنّه وَالبَجقطانُ تنوشهُ

فِرغَنبسٌ يَعدو عَلى مُصطَعبلِ

فِرغَنبسٌ يَعدو عَلى مُصطَعبلِ

So he is like—while the bajqaṭān reaches for him—

It seemed as though it and the trumpet drinking it

A firghanbis running upon a muṣṭaʿbal,

Were a grape vine running upon Muṣṭa‘bal.

أَو كشمسٍ في عادنٍ أو شاسنٍ

أَو كشمسٍ في عادنٍ أو شاسنٍ

رخّ الميامِنِ في صدورِ الضرقلِ

رخّ الميامِنِ في صدورِ الضرقلِ

Or like a sun in ʿādin or shāsin,

Or like a sun in ‘Ādin or Shāsin

[Rakhkh: unclear] of the right sides, in the breasts of the ḍarqal.

That showed its right side in the chests of Dharqal.

قَد تبنا والحجّجورُ مخاضهُ

قَد تبنا والحجّجورُ مخاضهُ

إِنّ الزبَرنقَ عنقلٌ في عنقلِ

إِنّ الزبَرنقَ عنقلٌ في عنقلِ

Indeed, we have repented, and the ḥajjajūr is his travail.

It coiled, and the lizards were its coilings.

Indeed, the zabarnaq is an ʿanqal within an ʿanqal.

Verily Zabarinqa is a tendril on a tendril.