1. يا قومِ عالَجْتُ أَيري

    بالحشوِ لمَّا تكعَّكْ

    O people, I doctored my she-camel

    With stuffing, as it was limping,

  2. ولمْ يصحّ ودَادِي

    من غادَةٍ مُذْ تَوَعَّكْ

    Yet my love did not get well

    For one who got stuffed since you stuffed her