يا رُبَّ بَيتٍ بِفَضاءٍ سَبسَبِ

يا رُبَّ بَيتٍ بِفَضاءٍ سَبسَبِ

بَعيدِ بَينَ السَمكِ وَالمُطَنَّبِ

بَعيدِ بَينَ السَمكِ وَالمُطَنَّبِ

Ah, many a tent on a broad, level plain,

O Lord of a house in a spacious wilderness

Many a tent stands in a barren, sweeping void,

with a wide span between its roof and its guy-rope anchorage,

Far between fish and chickpea

With a great span between its high roof and its pegs,

لِفِتيَةٍ قَد بَكَّروا بِأَكلُبِ

لِفِتيَةٍ قَد بَكَّروا بِأَكلُبِ

قَد أَدَّبوها أَحسَنَ التَأَدُّبِ

قَد أَدَّبوها أَحسَنَ التَأَدُّبِ

for young men who set out early with hounds,

For young men who rose early with dogs

Belonging to youths who set out early with hounds,

having trained them to the finest discipline:

They have trained them in the best discipline

Which they have trained with the finest of discipline,

مِن كُلِّ أَدفى مَيَسانِ المَنكِبِ

مِن كُلِّ أَدفى مَيَسانِ المَنكِبِ

يَشُبُّ في القَودِ شُبوبَ المُقرَبِ

يَشُبُّ في القَودِ شُبوبَ المُقرَبِ

each long-eared, swaying at the shoulder,

From every hot the ribs reach

Each one arched-backed, with swaggering shoulders,

rearing on the lead as a prized steed rears,

It grows in fetters the youth of the trained one

Leaping on the leash like a pampered, noble steed,

يُلحِقُ أُذنَيهِ بِحَدِّ المِخلَبِ

يُلحِقُ أُذنَيهِ بِحَدِّ المِخلَبِ

فَما تَني وَشيقَةً مِن أَرنَبِ

فَما تَني وَشيقَةً مِن أَرنَبِ

bringing his ears level with the tip of his claw.

It makes its ears reach the edge of the claw

Stretching his ears down to the tips of his claws,

So a strip of dried hare meat is never lacking

So it does not miss a rabbit

Never failing to bring back the sliced flesh of a hare,

عِندَهُمُ أَو تَيسُ وُبلٍ عَلهَبِ

عِندَهُمُ أَو تَيسُ وُبلٍ عَلهَبِ

وَفَروَةٍ مَسلوبَةٍ مِن ثَعلَبِ

وَفَروَةٍ مَسلوبَةٍ مِن ثَعلَبِ

among them—or a tall, heavy-built wild goat,

When they have a he-goat or zebra

Or in their possession, a shaggy mountain buck,

and a pelt stripped from a fox,

And a skin stripped from a fox

And a fur pelt stripped from a fox,

مَقلوبَةِ الجِلدَةِ أَو لَم تُقلَبِ

مَقلوبَةِ الجِلدَةِ أَو لَم تُقلَبِ

وَعَيرُ عافاتٍ وَأُمُّ تَولَبِ

وَعَيرُ عافاتٍ وَأُمُّ تَولَبِ

its skin turned inside out, or left unturned,

Turned over or not turned over

Whether the hide is turned inside-out or left plain,

and a wild ass of the herds, and a foal’s dam.

And a trained she-camel and mother of cubs

And a wild ass of the desert, and a nursing mother.