تَعَشَّقتُهI fell in love with him أَحدَباًhunchbacked كيّساًclever
تَعَشَّقتُه أَحدَباً كيّساً
يُحاكيhe mimics نَجيباًa fine-bred camel حَنينَplaintive moaning البغامthe lowing
يُحاكي نَجيباً حَنينَ البغام
I fell in love with him—a clever hunchback—
I fell in love with him, a clever hunchback.
whose plaintive lowing mimics a noble camel.
He mimics a fine-bred camel in his plaintive lowing.
إِذاwhen كِدتُI almost أسقُطُfall مِنfrom فَوقهatop him
إِذا كِدتُ أسقُطُ مِن فَوقه
تَعلَّقتُI clung مِنfrom ظَهرِهhis back بالسَنامto the hump
تَعلَّقتُ مِن ظَهرِه بالسَنام
Whenever I was about to fall from atop him,
When I nearly fall from atop him,
I clung to the hump upon his back.
I cling to the hump on his back.
