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 * My rhymes with measure I began,
 * Abtadi wanzim wa awzan
 * Listen what happened to Dihnan;
 * Wali jara la Dihnan
 * His hoe on his shoulder, eastward he went,
 * Hamel faso wa muhawed
 * Towards Sheikh Ethman's monument.
 * Imsharek darb el Sheikh Ethman
 * A carcass met him in the way;
 * Lakato hal if'tissét
 * He stumbled at it and hurt itself.
 * Waka' tiha riji' mawju'
 * A rib has touched him, so we heard,
 * Wa sabahu dale' min il dulu'
 * And a bowel spilt upon his beard.
 * Wa nashab fi dakno il musran
 * When he thus fell, and was inclined,
 * Liman waka' fiha wa mal
 * His right hand broke.
 * Inkasrat idahu il shamal
 * He called out with all his voice,
 * Saah' bisotahu ya irjal
 * Come and help me, oh 'Urjan! (his kindred).
 * Ifza'uli ya 'Urjan
 * When the news went to his house,
 * Rah' il khabar 'alla l-beth
 * Ba'bul and Bkheth, his children, cried:
 * Sa'hat Ba'bul wa Bkheth
 * }
 * And a bowel spilt upon his beard.
 * Wa nashab fi dakno il musran
 * When he thus fell, and was inclined,
 * Liman waka' fiha wa mal
 * His right hand broke.
 * Inkasrat idahu il shamal
 * He called out with all his voice,
 * Saah' bisotahu ya irjal
 * Come and help me, oh 'Urjan! (his kindred).
 * Ifza'uli ya 'Urjan
 * When the news went to his house,
 * Rah' il khabar 'alla l-beth
 * Ba'bul and Bkheth, his children, cried:
 * Sa'hat Ba'bul wa Bkheth
 * }
 * Come and help me, oh 'Urjan! (his kindred).
 * Ifza'uli ya 'Urjan
 * When the news went to his house,
 * Rah' il khabar 'alla l-beth
 * Ba'bul and Bkheth, his children, cried:
 * Sa'hat Ba'bul wa Bkheth
 * }
 * Ba'bul and Bkheth, his children, cried:
 * Sa'hat Ba'bul wa Bkheth
 * }
 * Sa'hat Ba'bul wa Bkheth
 * }
 * }