زارتْكَshe visited you بعدafter النومsleep غيرَnot زَوورِa frequent visitor
زارتْكَ بعد النوم غيرَ زَوورِ
بينbetween الظليمthe male ostrich ومَكنِسand the lair of اليعفورِthe gazelle fawn
بين الظليم ومَكنِس اليعفورِ
She visited you after sleep, though she seldom visits,
Between the male ostrich and the gazelle fawn’s lair.
فكَأنماso it was as though نفحاتُهاher wafts of fragrance بعدafter الكرىslumber
فكَأنما نفحاتُها بعد الكرى
نفحاتُwafts of fragrance وانيةِsluggish الهُبوبin blowing حسيرِexhausted
نفحاتُ وانيةِ الهُبوب حسيرِ
So her wafts of fragrance after slumber seemed
The wafts of a wind, slow-blowing and spent.
قالتshe/it said مُعَرَّسُناour night-halt بآخرِwith the last of مُنَّةٍstrength
قالت مُعَرَّسُنا بآخرِ مُنَّةٍ
تُزجيgently drives لطيمَةَa perfume-laden caravan عازبٍa far-off pasture مَمْطورِrain-soaked
تُزجي لطيمَةَ عازبٍ مَمْطورِ
It said, with its last strength, ‘Our night-halt is here,’
Gently driving a perfume-laden caravan from a far-off, rain-soaked pasture.
Sol 6.1