1. وإذا خاف مَغَبَّةَ أمر

    حَقَباً أن يلاقي التصديرا

    And when he feared an affair’s consequences—

    that a hind-girth might meet the breast-girth—

  2. كان بالمُقبل المُغمَّض منه

    قبل أفراخ بيضتيه بصيرا

    concerning its obscure future, he was

    clear-sighted before its two eggs had hatched.

  3. يعرف السَقْبَ قبل أن ينتج السلـ

    ـتم أهل الجهالة العنقفيرا

    He recognizes the male camel calf before the dreadful

    calamity is brought forth by the ignorant—the monstrous disaster.