1. إِذا رأَيْنَ خَلْفَهُ الجَخادِبا

    وَزَبَداً مِنْ هَدْرِهِ زُغادِبا

    When they see the large locusts behind him,

    And copious foam from his bellowing,

  2. تُحْسَبُ فِي أَرْآدِهِ غَنادِبا

    أَرْأَسُ لَوْ تَرْمِي بِها كَباكِبا

    Taken for locusts along his jaw joints,

    Huge-headed—if you pelted Kabākib with them,

  3. ما مَنَعَتْ أَوْعالَها العَلاهِبا

    فَازْجُرْ مِنَ الطَيْرِ الغُرابَ الغارِبا

    It would not protect its tall ibex.

    So read an omen from the departing raven among the birds.