1. Your greeting was pride after estrangement and then withdrew,
So greet whoever greeted you, O camel.

2. If you had greeted her, you would still be honorable to me,
And neither darkness nor toil would have touched you.

3. He languished with yearning when I said that to him,
And remained apologizing, shamed by modesty.

4. He refuted in distress what I did not know about her,
And tried to speak to her, if only camels could speak.

5. If only the greeting had been meant for me, so I could thank her
Instead, O camel, you were greeted, O man.