وَأَعرابِيَّةٌand a Bedouin woman تَرتادُshe seeks زاداًprovisions
وَأَعرابِيَّةٌ تَرتادُ زاداً
فَتَمرُقُso she darts مِنfrom بِلادٍa land فيinto بِلادِa land
فَتَمرُقُ مِن بِلادٍ في بِلادِ
And a Bedouin woman roams in search of provisions,
And a Bedouin woman seeks provisions,
darting from one land into another.
So she darts from land to land.
غَدَتshe set out تَمشيshe walks بِمِنشارٍwith a saw كَليلٍblunt
غَدَت تَمشي بِمِنشارٍ كَليلٍ
تَبوعُshe measures out بِهِwith it قَرارَةَthe floor كُلِّevery واديvalley
تَبوعُ بِهِ قَرارَةَ كُلِّ وادي
Come morning, she walks with a blunted saw,
She set out walking with a blunt saw,
measuring with it the floor of every valley.
With it she measures the floor of every valley.
وَتَنشُرُand she spreads فيin الهَواءِthe air رِداءَa cloak شُربٍfine linen
وَتَنشُرُ في الهَواءِ رِداءَ شُربٍ
عَلىon أَرجائِهِits edges نُقَطَdots المِدادِink
عَلى أَرجائِهِ نُقَطَ المِدادِ
In the air she spreads a mantle of fine shurb cloth,
And she spreads in the air a cloak of fine linen,
its borders stippled with drops of ink.
With dots of ink along its edges.
وَتَلبِسُand she wears تَحتَbeneath ذاكَthat عِطافَa wrap لاذٍred silk
وَتَلبِسُ تَحتَ ذاكَ عِطافَ لاذٍ
عَلىon أَكتافِهِits shoulders وَدَعَcowrie shells الجِسادِsaffron dye
عَلى أَكتافِهِ وَدَعَ الجِسادِ
Beneath it she wears a cloak of lādh silk,
And beneath that she wears a wrap of red silk,
with saffron-hued cowries upon its shoulders.
With saffron-colored cowries upon its shoulders.
Sol 6.1