صَاحِبا سُوءٍ صَحِبتُهُما

صاحَباني يومَ ارتَحِلُ

Two friends of ill-repute befriended me

As I prepared one day to leave

ويقولانِ ارتحل مَعَنا

وأقول إنّني ثَمِلُ

And said: “Come, let’s depart together”

But I replied “I’m spent, and cannot heed”

إنّني باكرتُ مُترَعَةً

مُزّةً راووقُها خَضِلُ

For I had grazed while dawn was fresh

On pastures green, their juicy blades still wet with dew