كَاَنَّ اَقتادِىَ والاَسامِطا

كَاَنَّ اَقتادِىَ والاَسامِطا

وَالرَحلَ وَالاَنساعَ وَالقراطِطا

وَالرَحلَ وَالاَنساعَ وَالقراطِطا

As though my saddle-frames and the hanging straps,

My companions were the Nabateans and Samites

And the saddle, the girths, and the saddle-pads—

And travellers, wanderers, and Qurayshites

ضَمَّنتُهُنَّ اَخدَ رِيَّا ناشِطا

ضَمَّنتُهُنَّ اَخدَ رِيَّا ناشِطا

I had entrusted them to a lively Akhdarī wild ass.

I gathered them together into one journey, active and flowing