1. فإما أن تمرَّ على شُريبٍ

    وخَمّانٍ وتنتحي الشمالا

    So either you pass by Shurayb

    and Khammān, and head north,

  2. وإما أن تزاور نحو رَهبَى

    وتنتعل الشقائق والرمالا

    or you veer toward Rahbā

    and wear the tracts between dunes and the sands as sandals,

  3. بأظفارٍ له حُجنٍ طِوالٍ

    وأنيابٍ له كانت كِلالا

    with his long, hooked claws

    and his fangs, which were blunt.