سَمَاrose صَقرٌSaqr فأَشعَلَand so set ablaze جانِبَيهاboth her flanks
سَمَا صَقرٌ فأَشعَلَ جانِبَيها
وأَلهَاكَand distracted you الُمَروَّحُthe herd brought home at dusk والعَزيبُand the distant-grazing herd
وأَلهَاكَ الُمَروَّحُ والعَزيبُ
Saqr rose and set both her flanks ablaze,
while the homeward-driven herd and the distant-grazing herd distracted you.
وثَبنَthey leapt لَدَىbeside الثَّويَّةِal-Thawiyya مُلجَمَاتٍbridled
وثَبنَ لَدَى الثَّويَّةِ مُلجَمَاتٍ
وصَبَّحنَand raided at dawn العِبادَal-ʿIbād وهُنَّwhile they were شِيبُgrey-haired
وصَبَّحنَ العِبادَ وهُنَّ شِيبُ
They leapt beside al-Thawiyya, bridled,
and raided al-ʿIbād at dawn, all grey.
الاindeed تِلكthat الغنيمةthe booty لاnot إفالyoung camels
الا تِلك الغنيمة لا إفال
ترجيهاyou hope for them مسومةbranded ونِيبand aged she-camels
ترجيها مسومة ونِيب
Ah, that is the booty—not young camels
you hope for, branded ones and aged she-camels.
تُرَجِّيهاyou hope for them وقَدthough already صابَتthey have fallen بِقُرٍّat Qurr
تُرَجِّيها وقَد صابَت بِقُرٍّ
كماas تَرجُوhopes for أَصاغِرَهاher little ones عَتيبُʿAtīb
كما تَرجُو أَصاغِرَها عَتيبُ
You hope for them, though they have already fallen at Qurr,
as ʿAtīb hopes for her little ones.
Sol 6.1