فَأُقسِمُ لَوْلا البَلْسَدانِ وَذو القَفا

فَأُقسِمُ لَوْلا البَلْسَدانِ وَذو القَفا

وَذو الجُرْمِ فَاتَ الخِلَّ يَومَ حُراضِ

وَذو الجُرْمِ فَاتَ الخِلَّ يَومَ حُراضِ

So I swear: were it not for al-Balsadan and Dhu al-Qafa,

and Dhu al-Jurm, the friend would have been eluded on the day of Hurad,

إِلى عَوحَلي حابَ فَرطَينِ الفَها

إِلى عَوحَلي حابَ فَرطَينِ الفَها

أَوامِنُ لَيسَت تَمتَني بِمَخاضِ

أَوامِنُ لَيسَت تَمتَني بِمَخاضِ

by its thousand [camels], bound for Hab’s twin ʿAwhal heights,

safe, not [tried?] by birth pangs—the wording is uncertain.