1. وَيحَ أمِّ دارٍ حَلَلنا بِها

    بَينَ الثَّوِيَّةِ والمَردَمَه

    Alas for the dwelling where we lodged,

    between al-Thawiyya and al-Mardama:

  2. بَرِّيَّةٌ غُرِسَت في السَّوادِ

    غَرسَ الَمضِيغَةٍ في اللَّهزَمَه

    a desert place planted in the Sawad,

    as a muscle is set at the hinge of the jaw.

  3. لِسَانٌ لِعُربَةَ ذُو وَلغَةٍ

    تَوَلَّعَ في الرِّيفِ بِالهَندَمَه

    A tongue of ʿUrba, marked by a lisp,

    became infatuated, in the countryside, with foreign chatter.