قَرَّبنَthey brought forward كلَّevery صَلَخدىًsturdy مُحنِقٍlean-bellied قَطِمٍrutting
قَرَّبنَ كلَّ صَلَخدىً مُحنِقٍ قَطِمٍ
عهوٍmassive لَهُit has ثَبَجٌan upper back بِالنِيِّwith fat مَضبورُtightly packed
عهوٍ لَهُ ثَبَجٌ بِالنِيِّ مَضبورُ
They brought forward every sturdy, lean-bellied, rutting camel,
Massive, its upper back packed tight with fat.
فَإِنso if تَبَدَّلتَyou bartered أَوor كَلّأتyou bought on credit مِنfrom رجُلٍa man
فَإِن تَبَدَّلتَ أَو كَلّأت مِن رجُلٍ
فَلاthen do not يَغُرَّنكَdeceive you ذوpossessor of أَلفَينِtwo thousand مَغمورُobscure
فَلا يَغُرَّنكَ ذو أَلفَينِ مَغمورُ
So if you barter or buy on credit from a man,
Then let no obscure possessor of two thousand deceive you.
حَتّىuntil إِذاwhen أَنجَدتrose aloft أَرواقُهُits fringes اِنهَزَمَتbroke apart
حَتّى إِذا أَنجَدت أَرواقُهُ اِنهَزَمَت
وَاِعتَقَّand burst open مُنبَعِجٌsplit open بِالوَبلِwith torrential rain مَبقورُbelly-split
وَاِعتَقَّ مُنبَعِجٌ بِالوَبلِ مَبقورُ
Until, when its fringes rose aloft, they broke apart,
And a cloud burst open, rent by the downpour, its belly split.
وَكَركَرتهُand tossed it repeatedly الصَباthe east wind سَبعينseventy تَحسَبُهyou think it
وَكَركَرتهُ الصَبا سَبعين تَحسَبُه
كَأَنَّهas though it بِحِيالِopposite الفَورِal-Fawr مَعقورُhamstrung
كَأَنَّه بِحِيالِ الفَورِ مَعقورُ
And the east wind tossed it seventy times; to you it seemed
As though it lay hamstrung opposite al-Fawr.
Sol 6.1