ضُمّوا قَواصِيَ كُلِّ سَرحٍ سارِبِ

وَقِفوا السَوائِمَ بِالنَدى المُتَقارِبِ

Gather in the outlying beasts of every freely roaming herd;

And keep the grazing beasts by water close at hand.

فَلَقَد مَضى حامي السُروحِ مِنَ العِدى

وَمُبيحُ أَسوُقِها غِرارَ القاضِبِ

For gone is the guardian of the herds against their foes,

And he who yielded those foes’ shanks to the keen edge of the cutting sword.