كَأَنّيas though I لَمdid not أَقُلsay عاجٍHalt! (a cry to a camel) لِأَفتٍto a swift she-camel
كَأَنّي لَم أَقُل عاجٍ لِأَفتٍ
تُراوِحُshe alternates بَعدَafter هِزَّتِهاher being roused الرَسيماthe brisk trot
تُراوِحُ بَعدَ هِزَّتِها الرَسيما
As though I had not cried “Halt!” to a swift she-camel,
As though I had not said a useless word
Who alternates her brisk trotting strides after being roused.
To any soft breeze that lingered after its breeze
Sol 6.1