قَرَّبنَ كلَّ صَلَخدىً مُحنِقٍ قَطِمٍ
عهوٍ لَهُ ثَبَجٌ بِالنِيِّ مَضبورُ
They brought forward every sturdy, lean-bellied, rutting camel,
Massive, its upper back packed tight with fat.
فَإِن تَبَدَّلتَ أَو كَلّأت مِن رجُلٍ
فَلا يَغُرَّنكَ ذو أَلفَينِ مَغمورُ
So if you barter or buy on credit from a man,
Then let no obscure possessor of two thousand deceive you.
حَتّى إِذا أَنجَدت أَرواقُهُ اِنهَزَمَت
وَاِعتَقَّ مُنبَعِجٌ بِالوَبلِ مَبقورُ
Until, when its fringes rose aloft, they broke apart,
And a cloud burst open, rent by the downpour, its belly split.
وَكَركَرتهُ الصَبا سَبعين تَحسَبُه
كَأَنَّه بِحِيالِ الفَورِ مَعقورُ
And the east wind tossed it seventy times; to you it seemed
As though it lay hamstrung opposite al-Fawr.
Sol 6.1