أَلاLo! طَرَقَتshe came by night سُعدىSuʿdā فَكَيفَso how تَأَفَّقَتdid she make her way from afar
أَلا طَرَقَت سُعدى فَكَيفَ تَأَفَّقَت
بِناto us وَهيَwhile she is ميسانُsleepy اللَياليthe nights كَسولُهاlanguid in them
بِنا وَهيَ ميسانُ اللَيالي كَسولُها
Ah, Suʿdā visited by night—but how did she cross the far horizons
Lo, Suʿdā came by night—so how did she make her way
to reach us, she who sways languidly through the nights?
To us, though she is sleepy through the nights, languid in them?
تُباريshe races بِأَجوازِthrough the middle reaches of العَقيقِal-ʿAqīq غُدَيَّةًone early morning
تُباري بِأَجوازِ العَقيقِ غُدَيَّةً
عَلىon هاجِراتٍjourneying camels حانَthe time has come مِنهاfrom them نُزولُهاher dismounting
عَلى هاجِراتٍ حانَ مِنها نُزولُها
At daybreak she raced across the heartlands of al-ʿAqīq,
She races through the heart of al-ʿAqīq one early morning,
on she-camels journeying in the noonday heat, when it was time for her to alight from them.
On journeying camels, from which it is time for her to alight.
Sol 6.1