يُثَمِّرُ أَولادُ المَخاضِ ابنُ دَيسَقٍ

يُثَمِّرُ أَولادُ المَخاضِ ابنُ دَيسَقٍ

وَيُقري الضَبابَ الضَيفَ قُفعاً رَواجِبُه

وَيُقري الضَبابَ الضَيفَ قُفعاً رَواجِبُه

Ibn Daysaq multiplies the young of gravid she-camels,

Ibn Daysaq makes the offspring of pregnant she-camels thrive,

and to the guest his crooked knuckles serve up lizards.

And serves lizards to his guest, his finger joints curled.

وَقالَ تَعَلَّم إِنَّها صَفَرِيَّةٌ

وَقالَ تَعَلَّم إِنَّها صَفَرِيَّةٌ

مِكانٌ نَمى فيها الدَبا وَجَنادِبُه

مِكانٌ نَمى فيها الدَبا وَجَنادِبُه

And he said, “Know that it is Ṣafariyya—

And he said, 'Know that they are autumn lizards,

a place where locust nymphs and its grasshoppers grew.”

Egg-laden, with young locusts and their grasshoppers grown within them.'