وَافلتهُنَّ المُسحَلانِ وَقَد رَأى

بِعَينَيهِ نَقعاً ساطِعاً قَد تَكَوثَرا

He let them drink from the flowing streams, and saw

With his own eyes a shining marsh where they multiplied,

وَيَوماً عَلى ماءِ البَزاخَةِ خالِدٌ

أَثارَ بِها في هَبوَةِ المَوتِ عِثيَرا

And one day by the Bazakha's water Khaled

Stirred up with it in the gust of death abundant confusion,

وَمَثَّلَ في حافاتِها كُلَّ مَثلَةٍ

كَفِعلِ كِلابٍ هارَشَت ثُمَّ شَمَّرا

And on its banks he exemplified every kind of mutilation

As dogs would do, biting then baring their teeth.