كأنَّنيas though I were فَرَسُa knight الشطرنجِليسَof chess; there is not لهُfor it
كأنَّني فَرَسُ الشطرنجِليسَ لهُ
فيin ظِلِّthe shade of رابِطهِthe one who tethers it ماءٌwater ولاand no عَلَفُfodder
في ظِلِّ رابِطهِ ماءٌ ولا عَلَفُ
As though I were his chess knight:
I am like a chess knight, which has neither
in the shade of the one who tethers it, there is water—but no fodder.
Water nor fodder in the shade of the one who tethers it.
Sol 6.1