نَزَلنا بِإِحساءِ العُذَيبِ وَلَم تَكُن

لَنا هِمَّةٌ إِلّا اِغتِيالَ المَنازِلِ

We landed in Ahsa, the sandy place, with no other intention

Than to attack the dwellings, or plunder a sudden raid,

لِنَحوِيَ أَرضاً أَو نُناهِبَ غارَةً

يَصيخُ لَها ما بَينَ بُصرى وَبابِلِ

That would make the lands between Busra and Babylon shriek.