عَلىalthough أَنَّنيthat I بَعدَafter ماthat (clause marker) قَدalready مَضىhave passed
عَلى أَنَّني بَعدَ ما قَد مَضى
ثَلاثونَthirty لِلهَجرِof separation حَولاًyear كَميلاfull
ثَلاثونَ لِلهَجرِ حَولاً كَميلا
Yet even after there have passed
Although after what has passed
Thirty full years of separation,
Thirty years of separation seem long
يُذَكِّرُنيكِreminds me of you (feminine) حَنينُyearning cry العَجولِthe bereaved she-camel
يُذَكِّرُنيكِ حَنينُ العَجولِ
وَنَوحُand the lament الحَمامَةِthe dove تَدعوshe calls to هَديلاHadil
وَنَوحُ الحَمامَةِ تَدعو هَديلا
The bereaved she-camel’s plaintive cry reminds me of you,
The yearning of the young camel reminds me of you
And the dove’s lament as she calls to Hadil.
And the wailing of the dove calling plaintively
صَبَحتُI served a morning drink بِهاwith it القَومَthe company حَتّىuntil اِمتَسَكheld fast
صَبَحتُ بِها القَومَ حَتّى اِمتَسَك
تُI (verb suffix) بِالأَرضِto the earth أَعدِلُهاI steady it أَنlest تَميلاit should tilt
تُ بِالأَرضِ أَعدِلُها أَن تَميلا
I served the company a morning draught of it, until I clung
I have become with it until I clung
To the earth, steadying it lest it tilt.
To the earth, the most just of things to lean on
Sol 6.1