1. أَمِنْ ظُعُنٍ هَبَّتْ بِلَيْلٍ فَأَصْبَحَتْ

    بِصَوْعَةَ تُحْدَى كالفَسِيلِ المُكَمَّمِ

    Is it because of women in camel litters who set out by night and by morning were

    at Ṣawʿah, urged onward with song like wrapped young date palms,

  2. تُبَادِرُ عَيْنَاكَ الدُّمُوعَ كَأَنَّهَا

    تَفِيضَانِ مِنْ وَاهِي الكُلى مُتَخَرِّمِ

    that your eyes hasten to shed tears, as though they

    overflow from a hole-riddled waterskin with weakened leather patches?