1. مَشينا في بِلاد لَيسَ فيها

    سِوى وَحل يَموج وَلا يَحولُ

    We walked in lands where there is

    Nothing but mud that surges and never shifts.

  2. كَأَنَّكَ راكب فَلكاً إِذا ما

    مَشَت بِكَ في مَجاريهِ الخُيولُ

    As though you were riding a ship whenever

    The horses carried you through the mud’s channels.

  3. أَقول لِراسب في الوَحل يَحبو

    أَطابَ لَكَ التَرَدُد وَالمُقيلُ

    I say to one sunk in the mud, crawling:

    “Have you enjoyed going to and fro and resting at noon?”

  4. إِذا اِعتادَ الفَتى خَوض المَنايا

    فَأَهون ما يَمرّ بِهِ الوحولُ

    If a young man is accustomed to wading into deadly perils,

    Then mud is the easiest thing he passes through.