كَأَنَّكِas though you were (feminine) حادِرَةُfleshy المَنكَبَيthe two shoulders (continued)
كَأَنَّكِ حادِرَةُ المَنكَبَي
نِcompletion of “the two shoulders” رَصعاءَnarrow-rumped تُنقِضُcroaking فيin حائِرِa pool
نِ رَصعاءَ تُنقِضُ في حائِرِ
You seem broad of shoulder,
narrow-rumped, croaking in a pool—
عَجوزُan old female الضَفادِعِthe frogs قَدalready حَدُرَتhas grown stout
عَجوزُ الضَفادِعِ قَد حَدُرَت
تُطيفُcircle بِهاaround her وِلدَةُchildren الحاضِرِthe settlement
تُطيفُ بِها وِلدَةُ الحاضِرِ
an old she-frog, grown stout,
with the settlement’s children circling her.