هَذا اِبنُ جاموس ضَعوا في أَنفِهِ

هَذا اِبنُ جاموس ضَعوا في أَنفِهِ

بُرَةً وَجُرّوهُ إِلى جَرِّ العَجَل

بُرَةً وَجُرّوهُ إِلى جَرِّ العَجَل

Here is Ibn Jāmūs—put a nose-ring through his nose,

This is Ibn Jamus; put in his nose

and harness him to haul the carts.

a nose-ring, and drag him off to pull the carts.

فَلَعَلَّ بُرجَ السورِ يَثني قَرنَهُ

فَلَعَلَّ بُرجَ السورِ يَثني قَرنَهُ

عَن نَطحِ بُرجِ الثَورِ فَهوَ عَلى وَجَل

عَن نَطحِ بُرجِ الثَورِ فَهوَ عَلى وَجَل

Perhaps the rampart tower will turn his horn aside

So perhaps the wall's tower will turn his horn

from butting the constellation Taurus, which trembles in fear.

away from butting the sign of the Bull, for he is afraid.