أُنبِئتُ أَنَّ لِخالي هَجمَةً حُبسا

كَأَنَّهُنَّ بِجَنبِ المَشعَرِ النُصُلُ

I was told that my uncle has a herd of camels confined

As if they are next to Mash'ar with cut off humps

قَد كُنتَ فيما مَضى قِدماً تُجاوِرُنا

لا ناقَةٌ لَكَ تَرعاها وَلا جَمَلُ

You used to dwell with us in the past as a neighbor

You have neither a she-camel to pasture nor a camel

ما ضَرَّ خالِيَ عَمرواً لَو تَقَسَّمَها

بَعضُ الحِياضِ وَجَمُّ البِئرِ مُحتَفِلُ

It would not have harmed my uncle ‘Amr if he had divided it

Among some of the enclosures and the entirety of the well laden