يا أسم أسقاك البريق الوامض

والديم الغادية الفضافض

O Asmāʾ, may the flashing gleam water you,

and the abundant, steady rains of morning,

في كل عام قطره نضائض

هل لك والعائض منك عائض

every year, their rainfall coming in trickles.

Would you accept—and whoever receives recompense from you is recompensed—

والحب قر تعرضه العوارض

في هجمة يغدر منها القابض

while love has settled, though hindrances beset it,

a great camel herd, from which the taker leaves some behind?

سدسا ورنعا تحتها فراض

كأنها وقد بدا عوارض

Six-toothed camels and [unclear descriptor], with large beasts [sense uncertain] beneath them;

as though they were—when the flanks appeared

اليل بين قنوين رابض

بجيزة الوادي قطا نوهض

of night—crouching between Qanawayn,

by the valley’s edge, sandgrouse newly taking wing.

قعدانها موثوغة حرافض

ندوبها وكيها غوامض

Their young riding males are [unclear descriptor], huge-bodied;

their scars and brands are hard to discern.

يسبت راعيها وهي رضارض

سبت الوقيض والوريد نابض

Their herdsman sleeps deeply while they gather in groups,

like one struck senseless, with the jugular vein still pulsing.