تَرَبَّعhe spent the spring أَنهيthe pools of الرَنقاءal-Ranqaʾ حَتّىuntil
تَرَبَّع أَنهي الرَنقاء حَتّى
نَفىhe shed وَنَفَينَand they (feminine) shed ذِيبانshaggy hair الشتاءِof winter
نَفى وَنَفَينَ ذِيبان الشتاءِ
He spent the spring at the pools of al-Ranqaʾ, until
he and they shed their winter coats,
وَأَجمَعَتِand dried up الهَواجِرُthe noonday heats كُلَّevery رَجعٍrainwater pool
وَأَجمَعَتِ الهَواجِرُ كُلَّ رَجعٍ
مِنfrom الأَجمادِthe hard uplands وَالدَمثِand the soft ground البَثاءِthe loose, sandy flats
مِن الأَجمادِ وَالدَمثِ البَثاءِ
and the noonday heats drained every rainwater pool
from the hard uplands and the soft, sandy flats,
غَداةَon the morning of الخمسthe fifth-day watering وَاِشتَكَرتand raged fiercely حَرورٌa scorching wind
غَداةَ الخمس وَاِشتَكَرت حَرورٌ
كَأَنَّas though أَجيجَهاits fierce heat وَهجُthe glow الصِلاءِthe fire
كَأَنَّ أَجيجَها وَهجُ الصِلاءِ
on the morning of the fifth-day watering, while a scorching wind raged,
as though its fierce heat were the glow of a fire.
أَغَمُّdense and dark رَبابُهُits low clouds سَرِبٌstreaming كلاهُits kidneys (cloud-masses)
أَغَمُّ رَبابُهُ سَرِبٌ كلاهُ
هَزيمٌcrashing رَعدُهits thunder تَرِعُbrimming الدِلاءِthe buckets
هَزيمٌ رَعدُه تَرِعُ الدِلاءِ
Its low clouds dense and dark, its kidney-shaped cloud-masses streaming,
its thunder crashing, its buckets brimming.
Sol 6.1