وصحراءَ رَدَّتها الظِّباءُ حفائراً

بأظلافها أَحسِن بها من حفائرِ

The desert, turned inside out by wild does, is more lovely now

With hollows than when it was all one flat expanse;

فَهَبَّت رياحٌ للصيّا فطممنها

بمسكٍ فعادت نُزهة للنواظر

And when the east wind blows here clouds of sand,

Sweet resin's fragrance overlays, and makes it fresh again.