أَقفَرَ الحضرُ مِن نَضيَرةَ فالمر

أَقفَرَ الحضرُ مِن نَضيَرةَ فالمر

باعُ مِنها فجانِبُ الثَّرثارِ

باعُ مِنها فجانِبُ الثَّرثارِ

Al-Hadr lay desolate, bereft of Nadirah, and al-Mir—

The desolate town is devoid of water even during rain

—baʿ, bereft of her, and the bank of al-Tharthar,

Everything that bubbled and bubbled is sold and gone

إذ تَواصَوا بِالكَبشِ لَمّا أَحَسُّ

إذ تَواصَوا بِالكَبشِ لَمّا أَحَسُّ

وهُ وقالُوا مَعَ الحِذارِ حَذارِ

وهُ وقالُوا مَعَ الحِذارِ حَذارِ

when they warned one another about the ram, once they sensed—

When they conspired about the ram at the time I sensed

—it, and said amid their caution, “Beware!”

It was him they were talking about, cautiously, cautiously