ينشنهthey reach for it نوشاًa stretching reach بأمثالwith the likes of السطعthe tent poles
ينشنه نوشاً بأمثال السطع
بكلwith each شعشاعa lofty, slender neck كجذعlike a trunk المزدرعthe planted palm
بكل شعشاع كجذع المزدرع
They reach for it, stretching out with necks like tent poles,
Its drink brings forth the likes of thunder,
With each lofty neck like a planted palm’s trunk,
With every blaze like the trunk of a palm,
فليقهa long, thick neck (reading uncertain) أجردbare; hairless كالرمحlike a spear الضلعthe stout one
فليقه أجرد كالرمح الضلع
جدpressed on vigorously بالهابwith fiery urging كتضريمlike kindling الضرعthe ḍaraʿ (meaning unclear)
جد بالهاب كتضريم الضرع
Long, thick, and bare, like a stout spear,
Its blade bare like a ribbed lance,
Pressed on with fiery urging, like kindling ḍaraʿ [unclear term].
Serious with awe like the udder's teat.
فالضاربthen the valley الأيسرthe left-hand منfrom حيثwhere ضلعveered aside
فالضارب الأيسر من حيث ضلع
بهاthrough it المسيلthe watercourse ذاتDhāt; possessing كهفٍKahf; a cave فضجعthen Ḍajaʿ
بها المسيل ذات كهفٍ فضجع
Then the left-hand valley, from where it veered—
The left-handed striker from where the ribs lie
The watercourse through it—Dhāt Kahf, then Ḍajaʿ—
With it the discharger having a lying-down cave,
مخملةshaggy; thickly tufted قراطفاًthick, shaggy rugs قدalready اتكعcollected (sense uncertain)
مخملة قراطفاً قد اتكع
بهاin it مقراتwater-holding basins الثميلاتthe small residual pools النقعthe standing waters
بها مقرات الثميلات النقع
Carpeted with shaggy rugs, where water had collected,
Velveted correctly that it leaned,
Within it, basins of lingering, standing water.
With it the settlement of the slightly dirty.
تربعتI spent the spring pasturing منfrom بينamong داراتcircular flats القنعal-Qanaʿ
تربعت من بين دارات القنع
بينbetween لوىa bend of sand الأمعزal-Amʿaz; stony ground منهاof it وضبعand Ḍabaʿ
بين لوى الأمعز منها وضبع
I spent the spring among the circular flats of al-Qanaʿ,
It stayed between the houses of masks
Between its al-Amʿaz sand-bend and Ḍabaʿ,
Between the twists of the goats among them and hyenas
ساقٍa waterer وراعٍand a herdsman فاذاthen, when كانthere was فزعalarm
ساقٍ وراعٍ فاذا كان فزع
ألفيتنيyou found me محتملاًcarrying بزيmy gear أضعI hasten
ألفيتني محتملاً بزي أضع
A waterer and herdsman; then, when alarm arose,
Leg and herder so if there was panic
You found me carrying my gear, hastening on.
You'd find me carrying the dress of humiliation
فخيمتthen I camped فيin ذنبانٍdhunbān grass منقفعcurled up
فخيمت في ذنبانٍ منقفع
وفيand in رفوضscattered patches كلاherbage غيرnot قشعwithered
وفي رفوض كلا غير قشع
Then I camped amid curled dhunbān grass,
So I pitched my tent on a broken dune
And in scattered patches of herbage, not withered.
And on abandoned sands, none desolate
Sol 6.1