وَمَا ذَاتُ أَفْراحٍ جِياعٍ بعُشِّها

وَقَدْ قَطَعَتْ في حُبِّهِمْ كُلَّ فَدْفَدِ

A joyous one with hungry chicks in her nest

She had sacrificed everything for their love

فَأَعْوَزَها ما يَدْفَعُ الضُّرَّ عَنْهُمُ

وضَاقت بها طُرْقُ المكاسِبِ عَنْ يَدِ

Yet she lacked what would spare them of harm

The ways to provide for them escaped her

وأَرْخَتْ جَنَاحَيْها مِنَ الضَّعْفِ والْتَوَتْ

عَلَى فَرْعِ دَوْحٍ مِنْ بَنيها بِمَشْهَدِ

Her wings drooped in weakness and she wavered

On a branch of her tree in plain view

بأَجْزَعَ مِنِّي إنْ نَظضرْتُ مَعارِفِي

بِهِمْ فَاقَةٌ مَسْتُورَةٌ بالتَّجلُّدِ

More helpless than I, if I neglect my duties

To those whose poverty they try to hide