مُجاوِرَةٌ سَوادَ النيرِ حَتّى

تَضَمَّنَها غُرَيقَةُ فَالجِفارُ

Dwelling by the banks of the river until

She was clothed in its deep turbid flood.

فَلَمّا أَن أَتَينَ عَلى أَرومٍ

وَجُذَّ الحَبلُ وَاِنقَطَعَ الإِمارُ

But when we came to high ground,

The rope was untied and the tokens put off.