وَالعيسُand the pale camels قَدalready نَشَّفَdried up مِنهاfrom them السُرىnight travel
وَالعيسُ قَد نَشَّفَ مِنها السُرى
صَفوَthe choicest part العَريكاتِthe humps وَنِقيَّand the marrow الأَجاجthe bones
صَفوَ العَريكاتِ وَنِقيَّ الأَجاج
And from the pale camels, night travel had dried away
And night travel has drained the pale camels
the choicest of their humps and the pure essence of their briny moisture.
of their finest hump-fat and the marrow of their bones.
لَمnot يَبقَremain إِلّاexcept مُضَغٌmorsels of flesh لاكَهاchewed them
لَم يَبقَ إِلّا مُضَغٌ لاكَها
طولُthe length of الطَوىhunger وَاِستَرَطَتهاand swallowed them الفِجاجthe mountain passes
طولُ الطَوى وَاِستَرَطَتها الفِجاج
Nothing remained but morsels, which had been chewed by
Nothing remains but morsels of flesh, chewed
prolonged hunger and swallowed by the broad passes.
by prolonged hunger and swallowed by the mountain passes.
