أَتَرجو رَبيعٌ أَن يَجيءَ صِغارُها

بِخَيرٍ وَقَد أَعيا رَبيعاً كِبارُها

Does spring hope its flowers will bring good

When its mature ones have wearied?

عُتُلّونَ صَخّابو العَشِيِّ كَأَنَّهُم

جِداءٌ مِنَ المِعزى شَديدٌ يَعارُها

The night companions chatter as if

They were goats whose owner has lost them.

إِذا النَجمُ وافى مَغرِبَ الشَمسِ حارَدَت

مَقاري عُبَيدٍ وَاِشتَكى القِدرَ جارُها

When the star rises to meet the sun's setting

The pots in Ubayd's dwelling start boiling, with the neighbor complaining of the smoke.