وكَمْ قَرَّبَتْ مِنْ دارِ عَبْلَةَ عَبْلَةٌ

كَجَنْدَلَةِ السُّورِ المُقابِلِ تُشْرِفُهْ

How often Abia drew near Abel's house

Like the turret facing it, overlooking,

فَيَرعَى الفَلا ما قَدْ رَعَتْهُ مِنَ الفَلا

ويُنْحِفُها المَرْتُ القِفارُ وتُنْحِفُهْ

So it browses what it browsed of meadows

While the bare land makes it lean, and it makes the land lean