ظَلَّت بِذاكَ القَهر مِن سوائِها

بَينَ أُقَيبَين إِلى رَنقائِها

She remained under that oppression from her shepherd

Between two hillocks to her folds

فيما أَقَرَّ العَينَ مِن أَكلائِها

مِن عُشُب الأَرضِ وَمن ثَمرائِها

While the eye settled on her food

Of the plants of the earth and its fruits

حَتّى إِذا ما تَمَّ مِن أَظمائِها

وَعَتَكُ البَولُ عَلى أَنسائِها

Until when her udders were full

And the urine leaked onto her companions

وَحازَها الأَضعَفُ مِن رِعائِها

حَوزَ الكعابِ الثَني مِن رِدائِها

And the weakest among her sheep-herds seized

The hem of her cloak in its folds

تَذكَّرت تَقتُدَ بردَ مائِها

وَالقَصَبَ العادِيَّ مِن أَطوائِها

She remembered to follow the coldness of her water

And the common reed from her resting places

فَبَذَّتِ العاجِزَ مِن رِعائِها

وَصَبَّحت أَشعَث مِن إِبلائِها

So she dismissed the powerless among her sheep-herds

And the morning found her unkempt from her trials

يُبارِكُ النَزعُ عَلى ظِمائِها

طِلحاً يَبيتُ اللَيلَ في ذرائِها

Blessing the pulling away at her udders

A tiliha who spends the night in her oases

كَأَنَّها إِذ حَضَرَت لِمائِها

كَتيبَةٌ فاءَت إلى لِوائِها

As if when she came to her water

A battalion had come to its banners

قَد هَزَّها الأَعداءُ مِن لِقائِها

تَكادُ في الزَحمِ وَفي اِعتِدائِها

The enemies had shaken it from meeting her

She almost trips in the crowds and in their assault

تُقَطِّر الجَلعَدَ مِن أَثنائِها

إِذا عَوى الصَيفِيُّ مِن غِذائِها

Dripping mucus from her sides

When the branded one turns from her food

أَلجَّ مثلَ الرعد مِن غنائِها

She bleats like thunder from her singing