طالَ الثواءُ عَلَيها بِالمَدينَةِ لا

تَرعى وَبيعَ لَها البَيضاءُ وَالوَرقُ

Long did the desolation remain on it in the city;

No watering or fodder was sold there for the white or the dark

مَرّت دُوَينَ حياضِ الماءِ فَاِنصَرَفَت

عَنهُ وَاعجَلَها أَن تَشرَبَ الفرَقُ

Two wet seasons passed the water pen, then departed

In haste and the gap made them drink from it in haste

حَتّى إِذا ما أَفاءَت وَاستَقامَ لَها

جَزعُ الوُثِّيجِ بِالراماتِ وَالرَفَقُ

Until when restored did its fevered curdling

And composure of abruptness slow in its gait

لَولا الجَديلُ وَأَنساعٌ مُظاهَرَةٌ

وَالضَربُ بِالسَوطِ حَتّى بَلَّهُ العَلَقُ

Had it not been for the tether and threats holding around

And the lash of the whip, till his spittle did fly

أَلقَت مَتاعي بِجَنبِ القاعِ وَاِنطَلَقَت

كَأَنَّها واضحٌ أَقرابُهُ لَهَقُ

She would have cast down her wares nearby the bare ground and bolted

As if she were fleeing her kindred in fright