ولولاAnd were it not for هوىlove of العَزْراءَal-ʿAzrāʾ لمْnot تكُbeen ناقتيmy she-camel
ولولا هوى العَزْراءَ لمْ تكُ ناقتي
بِنَكْدٍat Nakd ولمand not أَشْربْI drink طِلاءًboiled-down grape juice ولاnor خَمْراwine
بِنَكْدٍ ولم أَشْربْ طِلاءً ولا خَمْرا
And but for love of al-ʿAzrāʾ, my she-camel would not have been
at Nakd, nor would I have drunk boiled-down grape juice or wine.
لقدindeed حبَّبَتْshe made dear شَعْلاShaʿl إِليَّto me ولمand not أكنْI was
لقد حبَّبَتْ شَعْلا إِليَّ ولم أكنْ
أُحِبُّI love بهاin it شَعْلاShaʿl ولاnor النَّفَرthe band of men الزُّعْراsparse-haired
أُحِبُّ بها شَعْلا ولا النَّفَر الزُّعْرا
She has indeed made Shaʿl dear to me, though I had not
loved Shaʿl there, nor the sparse-haired band of men.