ففيso in تلكthat [time] أنتyou السدىthe night dew والندىand the morning dew
ففي تلك أنت السدى والندى
إذاwhen كانis مخّmarrow المقاصيدthe fat camels راراthin and watery
إذا كان مخّ المقاصيد رارا
In that time, then, you are the night dew and the morning dew,
For in you is futility and dew,
when the marrow of fat camels is thin and watery.
When the pith of poems is bitter