تَرَبَّعspent spring أَنهيthe pools of الرَنقاءal-Ranqāʾ حَتّىuntil
تَرَبَّع أَنهي الرَنقاء حَتّى
نَفىhe shed وَنَفَينَand they shed ذِيبانshaggy coats of الشتاءِwinter
نَفى وَنَفَينَ ذِيبان الشتاءِ
He spent spring at the pools of al-Ranqāʾ, until
he and they shed their winter coats,
وَأَجمَعَتِand dried up الهَواجِرُthe noonday heats كُلَّall رَجعٍrainwater
وَأَجمَعَتِ الهَواجِرُ كُلَّ رَجعٍ
مِنfrom الأَجمادِhard uplands وَالدَمثِand soft ground البَثاءِloose and yielding
مِن الأَجمادِ وَالدَمثِ البَثاءِ
and the noonday heats had drained all rainwater
from hard uplands and soft, yielding earth.
غَداةَon the morning of الخمسthe fifth-day watering وَاِشتَكَرتand raged fiercely حَرورٌa scorching wind
غَداةَ الخمس وَاِشتَكَرت حَرورٌ
كَأَنَّas though أَجيجَهاits roaring وَهجُthe blaze of الصِلاءِa roasting fire
كَأَنَّ أَجيجَها وَهجُ الصِلاءِ
On the morning of the fifth-day watering, a scorching wind raged,
its roaring like the blaze of a roasting fire.
أَغَمُّdark رَبابُهُits lower cloud-bank سَرِبٌstreaming كلاهُits flanks
أَغَمُّ رَبابُهُ سَرِبٌ كلاهُ
هَزيمٌbooming رَعدُهits thunder تَرِعُbrimful الدِلاءِthe buckets
هَزيمٌ رَعدُه تَرِعُ الدِلاءِ
A cloud—its lower banks dark, its flanks streaming,
its thunder booming, its buckets brimming.
Sol 6.1