حَمَلتُ عَلَيها ما لَوَ انَّ حَمامَةً

تُحَمّلُهُ طارَت بِهِ في الخَفاخِفِ

I burdened him with what if a dove

Were burdened with, it would have flown with it through the air.

نُطوعاً وَأَنساعاً وَأَشلاءَ مُدنفٍ

بَرى جِسمَهُ طولُ السُّرى في المَخاوِفِ

Willingly and involuntarily with dislocated shoulder blades,

His body seen elongated in fearful privation.

فَرُحنا كَما راحَت قَطاةٌ تَنَوَّرَت

لأَزغَبَ ملقىً بَينَ غُبرٍ صَفاصِفِ

So we were relieved as a she-cat is relieved

When she finds a plump bird amid white sand dunes.

تَرى الطَّيرَ وَاليَربوعَ يَبحَثنَ وَطاها

وَيَنقُرنَ وَطءَ المَنسِمِ المُتَقاذِفِ

You see the birds and jerboas searching its traces

And pecking the tread of the fleeing, darting prey.