يا رُبَّ ثَورٍ بِمَكانٍ قاصِ

يا رُبَّ ثَورٍ بِمَكانٍ قاصِ

ذي زَمَعٍ دُلامِصٍ دِلاصِ

ذي زَمَعٍ دُلامِصٍ دِلاصِ

Ah, many a wild bull in a far-off place,

O Lord of a bull in a distant place

Many a wild bull in a distant, desolate place,

With dewclaws, glossy and sleek,

With determined, sturdy strides

With tufted fetlocks, skin smooth and glistening,

باتَ يُراعي النَجمَ مِن خَصاصِ

باتَ يُراعي النَجمَ مِن خَصاصِ

صَبَّحتُهُ بِضُمَّرٍ خِماصِ

صَبَّحتُهُ بِضُمَّرٍ خِماصِ

Spent the night watching the stars through gaps.

Who spends the night watching the stars from the thicket

Spent the night watching the stars from a narrow gap,

I came upon him at dawn with lean, hollow-bellied hounds,

I bid him good morning with a growling belch

I came upon him at dawn with lean, hollow-bellied hounds,

لاحِقَةً أَظبائُها شَواصِ

لاحِقَةً أَظبائُها شَواصِ

فَهُنَّ بَعدَ الحَضَرِ النَصّاصِ

فَهُنَّ بَعدَ الحَضَرِ النَصّاصِ

Tucked up, their genitals raised high.

His hounds chasing after him

Relentless pursuers with withers high and raised,

So, after their headlong run, they

Now, after the town, the butcher

Who, after the gallop, break into a frantic pace,

مِنهُ لَها حَيثُ يَكونُ الخاصي

مِنهُ لَها حَيثُ يَكونُ الخاصي

يَكشِرُ عَن نابٍ لَهُ قَرّاصِ

يَكشِرُ عَن نابٍ لَهُ قَرّاصِ

Take their place by him where the castrator would be.

For them wherever he may be the special one

Closing in on him there where the flank is vulnerable,

He bares a fang of his that bites hard;

Baring teeth with a nasty grin

He bares a fang that is sharp and pinching,

أَرنَبَةً سَوداءَ كَالعَناصي

أَرنَبَةً سَوداءَ كَالعَناصي

بِها يُعاطي وَبِها يُعاصي

بِها يُعاطي وَبِها يُعاصي

He has a black nose-tip like tufts of hair.

A black hare like ebony

And a black nose-tip, dark like a withered tuft,

With it he grapples, and with it he resists.

With it he is granted and by it denied

With which he engages and with which he resists,

يَصيدُ بِالقُربِ وَبِالأَقاصي

يَصيدُ بِالقُربِ وَبِالأَقاصي

كُلَّ سَمينٍ دَهِنٍ رَقّاصِ

كُلَّ سَمينٍ دَهِنٍ رَقّاصِ

He hunts nearby and in far-off places,

Hunting nearby and afar

Hunting down the quarry, both near and far,

Every plump, fat, capering beast.

Every fat, oily weakling

Every fat, sleek, and prancing prize.