وَقَدand sometimes أَتَناسىI seek to forget الهَمَّsorrow عِندَat اِحتِضارِهِits coming
وَقَد أَتَناسى الهَمَّ عِندَ اِحتِضارِهِ
بِناجٍon a swift camel عَلَيهِupon it الصَيعَرِيَّةُthe Ṣayʿariyya brand مُكدَمِbite-scarred
بِناجٍ عَلَيهِ الصَيعَرِيَّةُ مُكدَمِ
And sometimes I seek to forget sorrow when it comes upon me,
On a swift, bite-scarred camel bearing the Ṣayʿariyya brand,
كُمَيتٍreddish-brown كِنازِfirm اللَحمِflesh أَوor حِميَرِيَّةٍa Himyarite she-camel
كُمَيتٍ كِنازِ اللَحمِ أَو حِميَرِيَّةٍ
مُواشِكَةٍswift-striding تَنفيscatters الحَصَىthe pebbles بِمُلَثَّمِwith a hardened foot
مُواشِكَةٍ تَنفي الحَصَى بِمُلَثَّمِ
Reddish-brown, firm of flesh—or a Himyarite she-camel,
Swift-striding, scattering pebbles with a hardened foot,
كَأَنَّas though عَلىupon إِنسائِهِits haunches عِذقَa date-cluster خَصبَةٍa fruitful palm
كَأَنَّ عَلى إِنسائِهِ عِذقَ خَصبَةٍ
تَدَلَّىhung down مِنَfrom الكافورِthe palm-spathe غَيرَnot مُكَمَّمِsheathed
تَدَلَّى مِنَ الكافورِ غَيرَ مُكَمَّمِ
As though upon its haunches were a fruitful palm’s date-cluster,
Hanging down from the spathe, unsheathed.
Translation model: Sol 6.1