ذَكَرتُ عَلى فَترَةٍ مِن مِراحِ

ذَكَرتُ عَلى فَترَةٍ مِن مِراحِ

مَنازِلَ بَينَ قَناً فَالصَفاحِ

مَنازِلَ بَينَ قَناً فَالصَفاحِ

After a lull in revelry, I remembered

the encampments between Qanā and al-Ṣafāḥ,

وَأَرضاً تَبَدَّلَ قُطّانُها

وَأَرضاً تَبَدَّلَ قُطّانُها

مَجَرَّ القَنا بِمَجَرِّ المَساحي

مَجَرَّ القَنا بِمَجَرِّ المَساحي

and a land whose inhabitants had taken up

the sweep of lances in place of the furrows of hoes.