عَلىupon رُؤوسِهِمُtheir heads حُمّاضُsorrel مَحنِيّةٍMaḥniyya
عَلى رُؤوسِهِمُ حُمّاضُ مَحنِيّةٍ
وَفيand in صُدورِهِمُtheir breasts جَمرُembers الغَضاthe ghada tree يَقِدُblaze
وَفي صُدورِهِمُ جَمرُ الغَضا يَقِدُ
Upon their heads is the sorrel of Maḥniyya;
Upon their heads, doves bow in agony
and in their breasts the embers of ghada wood blaze.
Within their chests, the embers of wrath blaze