تَمشيwalks القَطوفُthe slow-stepping she-camel إِذاwhen غَنّىsang الحُداةُthe camel-drivers بِهاto her
تَمشي القَطوفُ إِذا غَنّى الحُداةُ بِها
مَشيَwith the gait of النَجيبَةِthe fine she-camel بَلهَlet alone الجِلَّةَthe full-grown camels النُجُباthe noble ones
مَشيَ النَجيبَةِ بَلهَ الجِلَّةَ النُجُبا
The slow-stepping she-camel walks when the camel-drivers sing to her,
With a fine she-camel’s gait—let alone the noble, full-grown camels.
لأَمدَحَنَّI shall surely praise ابنَson of زيدٍZayd إِنif سَلِمتُI survive لَهfor him
لأَمدَحَنَّ ابنَ زيدٍ إِن سَلِمتُ لَه
مَدحاًpraise يَسيرُtravels إِذاwhen ماan emphatic particle قلتهI utter it عَصباin bands
مَدحاً يَسيرُ إِذا ما قلته عَصبا
I shall surely praise Ibn Zayd, if I live to do so,
With praise that travels in bands whenever I utter it.
Sol 6.1