ويأكُلنَand they eat ماwhat أَغنَىyielded abundantly الوَلِيُّthe following rain فلَمand did not يَلِتstint
ويأكُلنَ ما أَغنَى الوَلِيُّ فلَم يَلِت
كأَنَّas though بِحَافَاتِalong the edges of النَّهاءِthe pools المزارِعاthe cultivated fields
كأَنَّ بِحَافَاتِ النَّهاءِ المزارِعا
And they eat what the following rain has yielded abundantly, without stint,
And they eat what the guardian enriched, yet they do not become sated
As though cultivated fields lay along the edges of the pools.
As if at the edges of prosperity are barren fields
Sol 6.1