طَرَقْتُ أَبا عَمْروٍ فَراعَ مَطِيَّتِي

طَرَقْتُ أَبا عَمْروٍ فَراعَ مَطِيَّتِي

بِوادِيهِ كَلْبٌ يُنْكِرُ الضَّيْفَ نابِحُ

بِوادِيهِ كَلْبٌ يُنْكِرُ الضَّيْفَ نابِحُ

I came by night to Abū ʿAmr; my mount was startled

I visited Abu Amr by night; my mount was frightened

by a barking dog in his valley, one that rejects the guest.

by a barking dog in his valley that spurned the guest.

وَأَعْرَضَ عَنْها وَهْيَ دامٍ أَظَلُّها

وَأَعْرَضَ عَنْها وَهْيَ دامٍ أَظَلُّها

عَلى لَغَبٍ دَمّىَ وَرِيدَيْهِ ذابِحُ

عَلى لَغَبٍ دَمّىَ وَرِيدَيْهِ ذابِحُ

And he turned away from her, though the pad of her hoof was bleeding

And it turned away from her, her hoof-pad bleeding

from exhaustion—may a slaughterer bloody both his jugulars!

in her exhaustion—may a slaughterer bloody its two jugular veins!