وَلَقَدand indeed نَظَرتُI gazed إِلىat أَغَرَّbright مُشَهَّرٍconspicuous
وَلَقَد نَظَرتُ إِلى أَغَرَّ مُشَهَّرٍ
بِكرٍa young male camel توسّنmated with sleeping females بِالخميلَةِin the thicket عوناmature she-camels
بِكرٍ توسّن بِالخميلَةِ عونا
And indeed I gazed upon a bright, conspicuous one,
a young camel that mated with sleeping, mature she-camels in the thicket,
مُتَسَنمٍmounting سَنِماتِهاtheir high-humped females مُتَفجِّسٍswelling with pride
مُتَسَنمٍ سَنِماتِها مُتَفجِّسٍ
بِالهَدرِwith bellowing يَملأُhe fills أَنفساًsouls وَعيوناًand eyes
بِالهَدرِ يَملأُ أَنفساً وَعيوناً
mounting their high-humped ones, swelling with pride
with his bellowing, filling souls and eyes.
بِتناwe spent the night نُراقِبُهُwe watch him وَباتَand he spent the night يَلفُّناhe envelops us
بِتنا نُراقِبُهُ وَباتَ يَلفُّنا
عَمِدَswollen and sore السِّنامthe hump مُقدِّماًthrusting forward عُثنوناa beard
عَمِدَ السِّنام مُقدِّماً عُثنونا
We spent the night watching him, while he spent it enveloping us,
his hump swollen and sore, thrusting his beard forward.
لَقِحَconceived العجافُthe lean she-camels لَهُby him لِسابعِon the seventh سَبعَةٍseven
لَقِحَ العجافُ لَهُ لِسابعِ سَبعَةٍ
وَشَرِبنَand they drank بَعدَafter تَحَلُّؤٍbeing kept from water فَرَويناso we drank our fill
وَشَرِبنَ بَعدَ تَحَلُّؤٍ فَرَوينا
The lean she-camels conceived by him on the seventh of seven,
and drank after being kept from water; so we drank our fill.