1. سَقى شُعَبَ المَمدورِ يا أُمَّ جَحدَرٍ

    وَلازالَ يُسقى سِدرُهُ وَغُرانِقُه

    May al-Mamdūr’s ravines be watered, O Umm Jaḥdar,

    and may its lote trees and tender reeds always be watered,

  2. أَحَمُّ جَماديٌّ تَهَلَلَ موصِلاً

    تُشَقِّقُ أَعرافَ السَّحابِ بَوارِقُه

    by a black Jumādā cloud, flashing and raining without pause,

    whose lightning flashes split the crests of the clouds.

  3. نَصَبتُ لَهُ وَجهي وَأَصهَبَ ضامِراً

    قَدِ إِبيَضَّ مِن كَرِّ النُسّوعِ سَلائِقُه

    Toward it I turned my face and a lean, tawny camel,

    whose sides had whitened from the girth straps’ repeated chafing.