يَسُوقُها أَعْيَسُ هَدّارٌ بِبَبْ

يَسُوقُها أَعْيَسُ هَدّارٌ بِبَبْ

إِذَا دَعاها أَقْبَلَتْ لا تَتَّئِب

إِذَا دَعاها أَقْبَلَتْ لا تَتَّئِب

A pale-gray camel drives her on, a thunderous bellower deep in the chest;

A pale, bellowing, stout camel drives her on.

whenever he calls her, she comes forward without lingering,

When he calls her, she approaches without shyness.

كَأَن وَرِيدَيْهِ رِشاءٌ خُلُب

كَأَن وَرِيدَيْهِ رِشاءٌ خُلُب

as though his two jugular veins were a well-rope of palm fiber.

As though his two jugular veins were a palm-fiber rope.