همرجلةa nimble, swift she-camel الأدبthe training قبلbefore السياthe whips (word continues)
همرجلة الأدب قبل السيا
طcompletion of 'whips' والحوبand 'ḥawb' (a camel-driving cry) لماnot yet يقلis uttered والحلand 'ḥall' (a camel-driving cry)
ط والحوب لما يقل والحل
A nimble, well-trained she-camel, before the whi-
The clamor of literature before swords and wars,
-ps, with neither 'ḥawb' nor 'ḥall' yet called out.
When the ink hardly flows, and the pen scarcely writes.