وأسمرand a dusky one قدhas لفحscorched السعيرthe blaze اهابهits hide
وأسمر قد لفح السعير اهابه
ينوءstrains بحجزbeneath bands منamong ثنياتهits bends سمرdark-brown
ينوء بحجز من ثنياته سمر
And a dusky one whose hide the blaze has scorched
His dark face scorched by the flame’s hot breath,
Strains beneath dark bands among its bends.
Bent under the weight of logs heaped in his sling,
إذاwhen ضمgathers أنواعkinds السميطmeat for roasting وحطand is lowered فيinto
إذا ضم أنواع السميط وحط في
بعيدةdeep قعرbottom ماؤهاits water لهبflame الجمرthe embers
بعيدة قعر ماؤها لهب الجمر
When it gathers assorted meats for roasting and is lowered into
Bearing a bundle of brushwood, he walks to where
A deep pit whose water is the flame of embers,
Far below, the well’s embers glow and sting.
أتاكit brings you بماwith what فيin ضمنهاits interior فكأنهand it is as though
أتاك بما في ضمنها فكأنه
محبa lover كوىseared احشاءهhis entrails المpain الهجرseparation
محب كوى احشاءه الم الهجر
It brings you what lies within it, as though it were
He brings fuel to feed the flames, as though
A lover whose entrails the pain of separation has seared.
A lover carrying wood for love’s searing.
Sol 6.1