1. إذا طرق الأمر بالمغِلقا

    ت يتْنا وضاق به المَهِلُ

    When trouble came knocking with baffling difficulties,

    [Unclear wording], and the time for deliberation grew short because of it,

  2. وقال المُذَمِّرُ للناتجين

    متى دُمِّرتْ قبلِيَ الارجلُ

    And the examiner of newborn camels said to the calving attendants,

    “When were the legs destroyed before me?”