وإذاand when خافhe feared مَغَبَّةَthe consequences of أمرan affair
وإذا خاف مَغَبَّةَ أمر
حَقَباًa hind-girth أنthat يلاقيit might meet التصديراthe breast-girth
حَقَباً أن يلاقي التصديرا
And when he feared an affair’s consequences—
And if he fears the outcome of a matter
that a hind-girth might meet the breast-girth—
For a long time that he meets the preface
كانhe was بالمُقبلconcerning what lies ahead المُغمَّضthe obscure منهof it
كان بالمُقبل المُغمَّض منه
قبلbefore أفراخthe hatching of بيضتيهits two eggs بصيراclear-sighted
قبل أفراخ بيضتيه بصيرا
concerning its obscure future, he was
He was, with the incoming eyelids of him
clear-sighted before its two eggs had hatched.
Before the chicks of his egg, seeing
يعرفhe recognizes السَقْبَthe male camel calf قبلbefore أنthat ينتجbring forth السلـthe dreadful calamity (السلتم begins)
يعرف السَقْبَ قبل أن ينتج السلـ
ـتمcompletion of السلتم: dreadful calamity أهلthe people of الجهالةignorance العنقفيراthe monstrous disaster
ـتم أهل الجهالة العنقفيرا
He recognizes the male camel calf before the dreadful
He knows the rain before the rain produces mud
calamity is brought forth by the ignorant—the monstrous disaster.
Not like the ignorant fierce-necked people