1. عفَت المَنازلُ بِالسَّليلِ خَريقُ

    وَمغارِبٌ وَرَوامِسٌ وَشُروقُ

    A fierce wind has effaced the dwellings at al-Salil,

    And westerlies, burying winds, and easterlies,

  2. وَهِطالُ أَشتيةٍ يَعودُ عَليهما

    هَبواتُها وَعجاجُها المزعوقُ

    And winter downpours; upon them both return

    Their dust clouds and their wind-whipped dust.

  3. اليَومَ تُنتَزعُ العَصا من رَبِّها

    وَيَلوكُ ثِني لِسانِهِ المَنطيقُ

    Today the staff is wrested from its master,

    And the eloquent speaker chews the fold of his tongue.