1. كأنما الآل باعوا لها

    سوائمٌ قد غابَ راعيها

    As though the mirage had sold her

    grazing beasts whose herdsman had gone;

  2. تتلع أحياناً أكمها

    ثم تهاوى في مهاويها

    at times her hillocks rise,

    then tumble into her hollows.