أَمِنكَis it from you? البَرقُthe lightning أَرقُبُهُI watch it فَهاجاand it flared
أَمِنكَ البَرقُ أَرقُبُهُ فَهاجا
فِبِتُّso I spent the night إِخالُهُimagining it دُهماًblack she-camels خَلاجاparted from their young
فِبِتُّ إِخالُهُ دُهماً خَلاجا
Is that lightning from you? I watch it as it flares.
So I spent the night imagining it as black she-camels parted from their young.
تَكَلَّلَit spread all around فيin الغِمادِal-Ghimad فَأَرضُthen the land of لَيلىLayla
تَكَلَّلَ في الغِمادِ فَأَرضُ لَيلى
ثَلاثاًfor three nights لاnot أُبينُI discern لَهُin it اِنفِراجاa break
ثَلاثاً لا أُبينُ لَهُ اِنفِراجا
It spread over al-Ghimad, then the land of Layla,
for three nights, with no break I could discern.
فَماand not أَصحىceased هَمِيُّthe downpour الماءِof water حَتّىuntil
فَما أَصحى هَمِيُّ الماءِ حَتّى
كَأَنَّas though عَلىupon نَواحيthe far reaches of الأَرضِthe earth ساجاa mantle
كَأَنَّ عَلى نَواحي الأَرضِ ساجا
And the pouring rain did not cease until
a mantle seemed to cover the earth's far reaches.
Sol 6.1