أَمّاas for إِذاwhen يَعدوhe runs فَثعلبُthen a fox جَريَةٍa manner of running
أَمّا إِذا يَعدو فَثعلبُ جَريَةٍ
أَوor سِيدُa wolf عَاديةٍa raiding pack يُعَجرِمُruns swiftly عَجرَمَهa swift, forceful run
أَو سِيدُ عَاديةٍ يُعَجرِمُ عَجرَمَه
When he runs, he is a fox in his stride,
But when a fox bounds o’er a sandy place,
Or a wolf of a raiding pack, racing at a furious pace,
Or the lord of 'Adia his fore-feet doth raise,
فيin مَركَلَينِtwo flanks وَمَنكِبَينِand two shoulders وَحَارِكٍand withers
في مَركَلَينِ وَمَنكِبَينِ وَحَارِكٍ
فيin بِركةٍa chest كَرَحَىlike a millstone الثِّفالِthe leather mat beneath the mill مُقَدَّمَهhis forequarters
في بِركةٍ كَرَحَى الثِّفالِ مُقَدَّمَه
With two flanks, two shoulders, and withers,
With elbows firm and hocks in rapid race,
His forequarters set in a chest like a millstone on its leather mat.
Plunging along like grindstones swift in chase