1. يَزحَرُ في مِحرابِهِ

    زَحيرَ حُبلى لِلوَلَد

    He groans in his prayer niche,

    like a pregnant woman groaning to bear a child;

  2. كَأَنَّما لِسانُهُ

    شُدَّ بِحَبلٍ مِن مَسَد

    as though his tongue

    were bound with a rope of palm fiber.