بِتْنا نُكابِدُ هَمَّ القَحْطِ لَيْلَتَنا

وأنْجَدَ السُّهْدُ والكَرْبُ البَراغِيثا

We suffered the distress of drought through the night

And the writhing and torment were like a swarm of locusts

وكانَ يُحْمَلُ ما كُنّا نُكابِدُهُ

منَ المشقّةِ لوْ أنّ البَرى غِيثا

What we endured

Of hardship, would be carried away, if the land were watered