إذاwhen ماan emphatic particle شحطنthey leave far behind الحادييْنthe camel-drivers سمعتهمyou hear them
إذا ما شحطن الحادييْن سمعتهم
بخاءwith “khāʾ” (a camel-driving cry) بِكwith you الحقcatch up! يهتفونthey shout وحَىَّand come! هَلْan urging cry completing “come on!”
بخاء بِك الحق يهتفون وحَىَّ هَلْ
When they leave the camel-drivers far behind, you hear them
When the two raiders speak harshly,
Shouting “Khāʾ bik—catch up!” and “Come on!”
you hear them crying "bark!" at you while they call out the truth and onrush