صادفن واديَه المغبوط نازلُه

صادفن واديَه المغبوط نازلُه

لا مرتعاً بعُدتْ من حمضه الخُلَلُ

لا مرتعاً بعُدتْ من حمضه الخُلَلُ

They came upon his valley, whose sojourner is envied—

I met its blessed valley flowing down

Not a pasture where sweet herbage lies far from its salty forage.

No longer a pasture withered from its alkali