رُؤُوسُ عِصِيٍّ كُنَّ مِن عودِ أَثلَةٍ

رُؤُوسُ عِصِيٍّ كُنَّ مِن عودِ أَثلَةٍ

لَها قادِحُن يَبري وَآخَرُ مُخرِبُ

لَها قادِحُن يَبري وَآخَرُ مُخرِبُ

Heads of staves that were made of tamarisk wood;

Heads of staffs that were made from ‘athl wood

They have a borer who pares them, and another who destroys them.

For it they had a kindler who lights and another who destroys