لَقَدindeed كانَwas الحَواضِرُal-Hawadir ماءَwatering place قَوميmy people
لَقَد كانَ الحَواضِرُ ماءَ قَومي
فأَصبَحَتِthen became الحَواضِرُal-Hawadir ماءَwatering place نَهدِNahd
فأَصبَحَتِ الحَواضِرُ ماءَ نَهدِ
Indeed, al-Hawadir was my people's watering place.
The rivers were once my people's water
Then al-Hawadir became Nahd's watering place.
Yet now the rivers are but tears they shed