صاحِO companion تَرىdo you see بَرقاًlightning بِتُّI spent the night أَرقُبُهُwatching it
صاحِ تَرى بَرقاً بِتُّ أَرقُبُهُ
ذاتَat the time of العِشاnightfall فيin غَمائِمٍclouds غُرِّgleaming white
ذاتَ العِشا في غَمائِمٍ غُرِّ
Friend, do you see the lightning I spent the night watching,
A friend, do you see the lightning flashing
at nightfall amid gleaming white clouds?
In clouds of sorrow returning at night?
فَحَلَّthen it settled فيin بِركَةٍa pool بِأَسفَلِat the foot of ذيDhū
فَحَلَّ في بِركَةٍ بِأَسفَلِ ذي
رَيدٍRayd فَشَنَّthen it poured rain فيin ذيDhū العِثيَرِal-ʿIthyar
رَيدٍ فَشَنَّ في ذي العِثيَرِ
Then it settled in a pool at the foot of Dhū
It descended by a pool at the foot of a
Rayd, then poured rain over Dhū al-ʿIthyar,
Hill and lit up the surrounding heights
فَعَنسَthen ʿAns فَالعُنابِthen al-ʿUnāb فَجَنthen the two flanks (word continues)
فَعَنسَ فَالعُنابِ فَجَن
بَيcompletion of 'two flanks' عَردَةٍʿArdah ثُمَّthen بَطنِvalley floor of ذيDhū الأَجفُرِal-Ajfur
بَي عَردَةٍ ثُمَّ بَطنِ ذي الأَجفُرِ
then ʿAns, then al-ʿUnāb, then the two
Then it struck an acacia tree and leapt
flanks of ʿArdah, then the valley floor of Dhū al-Ajfur.
To the valley of Ajfur's deep basin
فَهوَso it is كَنِبراسِlike the lamp of النَبيطِthe Nabataeans أَوِor الthe (word continues)
فَهوَ كَنِبراسِ النَبيطِ أَوِ ال
فَرضِgaming arrow بِكَفِّin the palm of اللاعِبِthe gambler المُسمِرِthe one awake at night
فَرضِ بِكَفِّ اللاعِبِ المُسمِرِ
So it is like the Nabataeans’ lamp, or the
Like a lamp in a gambler's hand it raced
gaming arrow in the palm of a gambler awake at night.
Or tattoo traced on a girl's inner wrist
Sol 6.1