ولناand we have بقُدسٍat Quds فالنقيعِthen al-Naqīʿ إلىas far as اللوىal-Liwā
ولنا بقُدسٍ فالنقيعِ إلى اللوى
رجَعٌpooled water إذاwhen لهَثَpants السبِنتيthe leopard الوالِغُthe one that laps water
رجَعٌ إذا لهَثَ السبِنتي الوالِغُ
And we have, at Quds, then al-Naqīʿ as far as al-Liwā,
In sacred Kudos when the whelps have wheezed
pooled water when the lapping leopard pants.
We will return, though late and heavily grieved
وادٍa valley قرارٌlasting ماؤُهُits water ونَباتَهُand its vegetation
وادٍ قرارٌ ماؤُهُ ونَباتَهُ
تَرعىgraze المخاضُthe pregnant she-camels بهin it ووادٍand a valley فارغُempty
تَرعى المخاضُ به ووادٍ فارغُ
A valley with lasting water and vegetation,
A valley whose waters and plants are rest
where pregnant she-camels graze, and an empty valley,
Where the parturient and her young are grazed
صُعُدٌsteep نُحَرِّزُwe safeguard أهلَناour people بفُروعهِin its upper reaches
صُعُدٌ نُحَرِّزُ أهلَنا بفُروعهِ
فيهِin it لَناfor us حرزٌa refuge وعَيَشٌand a livelihood رافِغُample
فيهِ لَنا حرزٌ وعَيَشٌ رافِغُ
steep, in whose upper reaches we shelter our people;
Hillsides where we shelter our kin in the boughs
in it we have refuge and an ample livelihood.
A refuge for us, and plenteous provision
Sol 6.1