قُلتُ لِأَرضِ العَقرِ ماذا الَّذي

أَبدَعته دونَ القَرى وَالبِلادِ

I said to the treacherous land, what is it

That you have created unlike any other land?

ألقَيت مُلكَ الأَرضِ عَن سَرجِهِ

وَكادَ أَن تَهواهُ سَبعَ شِدادِ

You cast down the king of the land from his saddle

And he was nearly swallowed by seven lions.

قالَت مَعاذَ اللَهِ أَن أَبتَغي

فَسادَ مَن فيهِ صَلاحُ العِبادِ

It said, Refuge is sought in God that I would seek

Corruption of one in whom lies the reform of worshippers.

لَكِنَّهُ ساعَةُ ما حَلَّ بي

وَفُزتُ مِن تَقبيلِهِ بِالمُرادِ

But it was an instant when he came upon me

And I escaped getting what I wanted from kissing him.

هَمَمتُ أَنَّ الشَمَّ أَقدامَهُ

فَلَم أَطِق إلّا بِكَبوِ الجَوادِ

I intended that the sun set its feet

But I could not bear except the pace of the steed.