هَلْcan ...? أَنْتَyou تُخْبِرُtell عَنْهَاabout her كَيْفَhow سَيْرَتُهَاher gait
هَلْ أَنْتَ تُخْبِرُ عَنْهَا كَيْفَ سَيْرَتُهَا
إذَاwhen الْتَقَىmeet حَقَبٌa hind-girth مِنْهَاof hers وتَصْدِيرُand a fore-girth
إذَا الْتَقَى حَقَبٌ مِنْهَا وتَصْدِيرُ
Can you tell of her—what her gait is like,
when her hind-girth and fore-girth meet?
أَلاَindeed, not يُبِلُّfinds respite جَنِينٌan unborn calf بَيْنَbetween أَرْجُلِهَاher legs
أَلاَ يُبِلُّ جَنِينٌ بَيْنَ أَرْجُلِهَا
ظَلَّتْshe kept تُقَلْقِلُهُjolting it صَهْبَاءُa tawny she-camel مِئْشِيرُhigh-spirited
ظَلَّتْ تُقَلْقِلُهُ صَهْبَاءُ مِئْشِيرُ
No unborn calf between her legs can find respite:
a tawny, high-spirited she-camel has kept jolting it.