أَرَى نَاقَتِي اليومَ قَدْ أَصْبَحَتْ

أَرَى نَاقَتِي اليومَ قَدْ أَصْبَحَتْ

عَلَى الأَيْنِ ذاتَ هِبَابٍ نَوَارَا

عَلَى الأَيْنِ ذاتَ هِبَابٍ نَوَارَا

I see that today my she-camel has become

I see my she-camel this morning

despite her weariness, lively and skittish.

Become on the sand a mirage, a phantom.

رَأَتْ هَلَكًا بِنِجَافِ الغَبِيطِ

رَأَتْ هَلَكًا بِنِجَافِ الغَبِيطِ

فَكَادَتْ تَجُدُّ لذاكَ الهِجَارَا

فَكَادَتْ تَجُدُّ لذاكَ الهِجَارَا

She saw a chasm by the ridges of al-Ghabīṭ,

She saw perdition in the arid tract -

so she nearly severed her hobble because of it.

And was about to bellow in distress for that.