يا رُبَّ غَيثٍ قَد قَرى عازِبٍ

أَجَشَّ أَحوى في جُمادى مَطير

O Lord of abundant rain after drought

Of a migrant who suffered heat in barren Jumada,

قادَ بِهِ أَجرَدُ ذو مَيعَةٍ

عَبلاً شَواهُ غَيرُ كابٍ عَثور

It led a lean hyena, untiring,

To a camel, lamed, unable to take hurried steps.

فَأَلبَسَ الوَحشَ بِحافاتِهِ

وَالتَقَطَ البَيضَ بِجَنبِ السَدير

It clothed the beast with its own garments

And gathered eggs by the brushwood.

ذاكَ وَقِدماً يُعجِلُ البازِلَ ال

كَوماءَ بِالمَوت كَشِبهِ الحَصير

That one hastens on maimed feet

Like the dying, bodies shriveled as matting.

يَبغي عَلَيها القَومُ إِذ أَرمَلوا

وَساءَ ظَنُّ الأَلمَعِيَّ القرور

The people seek vengeance on it when orphaned,

And the suspicion of the radiant one was aroused.

آب وَقَد غَنَّمَ أَصحابَهُ

يَلوِي عَلى أَصحابِهِ بِالبَشير

It mourned its companions, after gaining them as spoil,

Mourning its companions with good tidings.