كأنas though رغاءهنtheir bellowing بكلin every فجٍّmountain pass
كأن رغاءهن بكل فجٍّ
إذاwhen أرتحلواthey set out نوائحwailing women معولاتlamenting aloud
إذا أرتحلوا نوائح معولات
It is as though their bellowing in every mountain pass,
As if their bleating at every rugged tract
when they set out, were the cries of women wailing aloud.
Were dirges of departing cameleers