قدindeed ركبناwe rode علىon البريدthe post-horses لمصرto Egypt
قد ركبنا على البريد لمصر
بحرa sea رملٍof sand عجاجهits billows عجاجdust
بحر رملٍ عجاجه عجاج
We rode the post-horses to Egypt,
We rode to Egypt on the post,
Through a sea of sand whose billows were dust.
Through a sea of shifting sand, billows on endless billows rolling.
فعكسناso we reversed التشبيهthe simile لماwhen جريناwe sped
فعكسنا التشبيه لما جرينا
فيthrough جبالٍmountains كأنهاas though they were أمواجwaves
في جبالٍ كأنها أمواج
So we reversed the simile when we sped
But when we traversed the land, we found the simile reversed,
Through mountains that seemed like waves.
For we beheld mountains, that seemed like waves on every side.
Sol 6.1