ياO دارُdwelling أَقوَتbecame deserted بَعدَafter أَصرامِهاits bands of people
يا دارُ أَقوَت بَعدَ أَصرامِها
عاماًfor a year وَماand what يُبكيكَmakes you weep مِنabout عامِهاits year
عاماً وَما يُبكيكَ مِن عامِها
O dwelling, deserted after your bands of people departed
O house that was inhabited after its desolation
for a year—and what about that year makes you weep?
A year has passed and what makes you cry of its years
هَلis it غَيرُother than دارٍa dwelling بَكَرَتcame early ريحُهاits wind
هَل غَيرُ دارٍ بَكَرَت ريحُها
تَستَنُّracing فيthrough جائِلِtossing رَمرامِهاits ramram plants
تَستَنُّ في جائِلِ رَمرامِها
Is it anything but a dwelling whose wind came early,
Has the wind made any house virgin but yours
racing through its tossing ramram plants?
That hopes in the darkness of its ruin?
فيهاin it لِوِلدانِfor the children of الصِباyouth مَلعَبٌa playground
فيها لِوِلدانِ الصِبا مَلعَبٌ
كَأَنَّماas though آثارُthe traces of أَقدامِهاits feet
كَأَنَّما آثارُ أَقدامِها
Within it young children have a playground,
In it is a playground for the boys of youth
as though the footprints there
As if the traces of their feet
صَحيفَةٌa page رَقَّشَهاornamented it كاتِبٌa scribe
صَحيفَةٌ رَقَّشَها كاتِبٌ
لَمnot يَتَقادَمhas grown old عَهدُthe time of أَقلامِهاits pens
لَم يَتَقادَم عَهدُ أَقلامِها
were a page ornamented by a scribe,
A parchment a writer has dotted
the work of whose pens is still fresh.
The era of its pens has no antiquity
قِفstop صاحِبيmy companion أَقضِlet me assuage بِهاthere لَوعَةًa burning grief
قِف صاحِبي أَقضِ بِها لَوعَةً
عَنانيafflicted me بَعضُsome of أَسقامِهاher maladies
عَناني بَعضُ أَسقامِها
Stop, my companion; let me soothe a pang there:
Stop, my friend, and let it ease your worries
some of her maladies have afflicted me.
Some of its illnesses have bothered me
أَستَخفِهاlet me question her إِذwhen نَحنُwe فيهاin it مَعاًtogether
أَستَخفِها إِذ نَحنُ فيها مَعاً
عَنabout بَعضِsome of أَيّاميmy days وَأَيّامِهاand her days
عَن بَعضِ أَيّامي وَأَيّامِها
Let me question her, when we are there together,
Take it lightly as long as we are together in it
about some of my days and hers.
Away from some of my days and its days
بَحرِيَّةٌseaborne إِنif نَطَقَتspoke دُميَةٌa statuette
بَحرِيَّةٌ إِن نَطَقَت دُميَةٌ
أَوor أَفصَحَتspoke clearly مِنfrom بَعدِafter إِعجامِهاits speechlessness
أَو أَفصَحَت مِن بَعدِ إِعجامِها
A seaborne statuette—if a statuette could speak,
It is a sea if a statue talked from it
or speak clearly after its speechlessness.
Or was eloquent after being incomprehensible
عَيناكَyour two eyes غَرباtwo buckets of شَنَّةٍa worn waterskin أَرسَلَتlet flow
عَيناكَ غَربا شَنَّةٍ أَرسَلَت
أَوراقَهاits water مِنfrom كَينِthe rents of أَخصامِهاits seams
أَوراقَها مِن كَينِ أَخصامِها
Your eyes are two buckets of a worn waterskin that lets flow
Your two eyes have sent western winds
its water through the rents along its seams.
Whose leaves come out of the sheaths of opponents
أَفضىbrought بِهاit الراويthe water-carrier إِلىto خَبرَةٍa hollow
أَفضى بِها الراوي إِلى خَبرَةٍ
فَاِبتَدَرَتthen rushed forth أَفواهُthe mouths of أَهزامِهاits cracks
فَاِبتَدَرَت أَفواهُ أَهزامِها
The water-carrier brought it to a hollow,
The narrator has led to experience through it
and water rushed from the mouths of its cracks.
So its mouths have silenced defeats
إِذwhen نَشَأَتshe set forth غَيرَnot فَتىa young man مالِكٍin command
إِذ نَشَأَت غَيرَ فَتى مالِكٍ
لِنِيَّةٍof a course شالَتcarried away بِأَجذامِهاwith her roots
لِنِيَّةٍ شالَت بِأَجذامِها
When she set forth, no young man master
As it was born unlike a knight of Maalik
of a course that carried her roots away.
With a determination that carried its corpses
كَأَنَّهاas though she لَمّاwhen اِحزَأَلَّتrose upright ضُحىًat midmorning
كَأَنَّها لَمّا اِحزَأَلَّت ضُحىً
وَأَنجَدَتand entered Najd مِنfrom بَعدِafter إِتهامِهاher entering Tihamah
وَأَنجَدَت مِن بَعدِ إِتهامِها
As though she, when she rose upright at midmorning
As if when it cleared in the morning
and entered Najd after being in Tihamah,
And was rescued after accusation
نَخلُthe palms of القُرىthe villages شالَتrose مَراجيحُهُtheir heavy boughs
نَخلُ القُرى شالَت مَراجيحُهُ
بِالوِقرِwith the load فَاِنزالَتthen bent down بِأَكمامِهاwith their spathes
بِالوِقرِ فَاِنزالَت بِأَكمامِها
were village palms, their heavy boughs rising
The palms of homeland folded their swings
with their load, then bending with their spathes.
With burden, so they lowered their sleeves
لَقَّحَهاpollinated them الأَبّارُthe palm-pollinator فَاِستَوسَقَتthen became laden
لَقَّحَها الأَبّارُ فَاِستَوسَقَت
قِنوانُهاtheir fruit-clusters مِنfrom قَبلِbefore إِتمامِهاtheir ripening
قِنوانُها مِن قَبلِ إِتمامِها
The palm-pollinator pollinated them; heavily laden
The clouds pollinated it, so its cans
were their clusters before full ripening.
Sought rain before being completed
تَظَلُّremain بِالأَكمامِwith spathes مَحفوفَةًsurrounded
تَظَلُّ بِالأَكمامِ مَحفوفَةً
تَرمُقُهاwatch them أَعيُنُthe eyes of جُرّامِهاtheir date-harvesters
تَرمُقُها أَعيُنُ جُرّامِها
They remain surrounded by spathes,
It remains covered with sleeves
watched by the eyes of their date-harvesters.
Eyes of oppressors watch it
أَضحَتhas become قَلوصيmy young she-camel بَعدَafter إِهمالِهاher being left untended
أَضحَت قَلوصي بَعدَ إِهمالِها
فيin جُزأَةِsubsisting without water on الذَبلِdhubl herbage وَتَسوامِهاand her grazing
في جُزأَةِ الذَبلِ وَتَسوامِها
My young she-camel now, after being left untended
It has become barren after neglecting it
to live on dhubl without water and graze freely,
In the gown of dryness and its evils
أَزرىwore down بِهاher وِردُvisiting مِياةِthe waters of الفَلاthe wilderness
أَزرى بِها وِردُ مِياةِ الفَلا
عافيdried-up مَطاميهاits water-hollows وَأَسدامِهاand its stagnant pools
عافي مَطاميها وَأَسدامِها
has been worn down by visits to desert waters,
The roses of Miyah Falah have harmed it
their hollows and stagnant pools dried away.
Its shelters and lion dens
يَدمىbleed أَظَلّاهاher two sole-pads وَقَدand already أَخلَقَتshe has worn out
يَدمى أَظَلّاها وَقَد أَخلَقَت
مِنهاof her شَريجاًa matched pair بَعدَafter إِجذامِهاher swift travel
مِنها شَريجاً بَعدَ إِجذامِها
Her two sole-pads bleed, and she has worn out
Its shade bleeds though it has created
a matched pair of them after her headlong travel.
An orchard from it after mutilation
إِلَيكَtoward you ياO اِبنَson of القَرمِthe noble sire أَطويI traverse بِهاon her
إِلَيكَ يا اِبنَ القَرمِ أَطوي بِها
مَجهولَunknown أَرضٍland بَعدَafter أَعلامِهاits landmarks
مَجهولَ أَرضٍ بَعدَ أَعلامِها
Toward you, O son of the noble sire, I traverse on her
To you O Ibn al-Qaram I fold with it
unknown country beyond its landmarks,
An unknown land after its flags
حَتّىuntil اِنطَوَتshe folded up طِيَّlike the folding of رِداءِthe cloak of الفَتىa young man
حَتّى اِنطَوَت طِيَّ رِداءِ الفَتى
وَاِستَبدَلَتand she exchanged ضُمراًleanness بِإِجمامِهاfor her rest
وَاِستَبدَلَت ضُمراً بِإِجمامِها
until she folded like a young man's cloak
Until the youth's cloak shrank
and exchanged her rest for leanness.
And it substituted concealment for tying
تَؤُمُّshe heads toward مِنfrom قَحطانَQahtan أَنقىthe purest فَتىًyoung man
تَؤُمُّ مِن قَحطانَ أَنقى فَتىً
مِنfrom عارِهاits dishonor قِدماًof old وَمِنand from ذامِهاits reproach
مِن عارِها قِدماً وَمِن ذامِها
She heads for Qahtan's youth most free
It aspires to the purest youth of Qahtan
from its ancient shame and its reproach,
From its nakedness, step, and blemish
فَرعاًa scion نَماهُraised him مِنamong عَرانينِهاits chiefs
فَرعاً نَماهُ مِن عَرانينِها
أَهلُthe men of مَساعيهاits noble deeds وَأَحلامِهاand its sound judgment
أَهلُ مَساعيها وَأَحلامِها
a scion nurtured by men among its chiefs,
A branch he raised from its saplings
men of its noble deeds and sound judgment.
The people of its endeavors and dreams
يَسعىwork بِمِقراتِكَwith your guest-bowl قَومٌmen حَبَواwho gave
يَسعى بِمِقراتِكَ قَومٌ حَبَوا
لَمnot يَتَناهَواdid they stop دونَshort of إِفعامِهاfilling it
لَم يَتَناهَوا دونَ إِفعامِها
Men who give busily tend your guest-bowl,
A people who love your gifts strive
never stopping short of filling it.
They did not refrain before completing them
أَصَيدَproud مَحزومٍgirded عَلىupon ظَهرِهِhis back
أَصَيدَ مَحزومٍ عَلى ظَهرِهِ
غُلبُthe weightiest الحَمالاتِindemnity obligations وَجُرّامِهاand their offenders
غُلبُ الحَمالاتِ وَجُرّامِها
A proud man, with his back girded
A tied game on his back
with weighty indemnities and those who incur them,
Loads fatigue and pulls him
مُشتَرَكِshared الكَسبِearnings طَويلِenduring الغِنىwealth
مُشتَرَكِ الكَسبِ طَويلِ الغِنى
وَصّالِa joiner of أَسبابٍties وَجَذّامِهاand a severer of them
وَصّالِ أَسبابٍ وَجَذّامِها
whose earnings are shared and whose wealth endures,
Of collective livelihood, long wealth
who joins ties, and severs them,
Joining reasons and gathering them
حَمّالِa bearer of أَشناقِpartial payments of دِياتِblood-money for الثَأىinjury
حَمّالِ أَشناقِ دِياتِ الثَأى
عَنon behalf of عِدَفِbranches of الأَصلِthe ancestral stock وَجُشّامِهاand their burden-bearers
عَن عِدَفِ الأَصلِ وَجُشّامِها
who bears the lesser blood-payments for injuries
Carrying the ransoms of distant blood vengeance
for branches of the ancestral stock and their burden-bearers.
From the chastity of origin and fortress
كَأَنَّهُas though he فيamong القَومِthe men غِبَّafter السُرىthe night march
كَأَنَّهُ في القَومِ غِبَّ السُرى
بَعدَafter وَنىthe weariness of الخَيلِthe horses وَتَسآمِهاand their fatigue
بَعدَ وَنى الخَيلِ وَتَسآمِها
Among the men after their night march, he seems,
As if among the people the journey was hidden from him
after the horses' weariness and fatigue,
After the emaciation of horses and their boredom
بازٍa hawk غَداwent forth at dawn يَنفُضُshaking off عَنfrom مَتنِهِits back
بازٍ غَدا يَنفُضُ عَن مَتنِهِ
نَضحَthe spray of سَماءٍa rain-cloud غِبَّafter إِرذامِهاits drizzle
نَضحَ سَماءٍ غِبَّ إِرذامِها
a hawk at dawn shaking from its back
A falcon that went in the morning shaking
a cloud's spray after its drizzle.
From his back the drizzle of pouring rain
أَقسَمتُI swore لاnot أَمدَحُto praise حَتّىuntil أُرىI am seen
أَقسَمتُ لا أَمدَحُ حَتّى أُرى
فيin ذاتِa place with لَحدٍa grave-niche رَهنَcaptive beneath أَرجامِهاits piled stones
في ذاتِ لَحدٍ رَهنَ أَرجامِها
I swore to praise no one, until I am seen
I swore I would not praise until I see
in a grave, captive beneath its piled stones,
In the side of a grave the pledge of its pillars
إِلّاexcept فَتىًa young man لِلحَمدِfor praise فيin مالِهِhis wealth
إِلّا فَتىً لِلحَمدِ في مالِهِ
قَسمٌa portion إِذاwhen ضُنَّwas grudged بِأَقسامِهاits shares
قَسمٌ إِذا ضُنَّ بِأَقسامِها
except a youth whose wealth has, for praise,
But a youth in his money is for praise
a share when shares are grudged.
A share, if reckoned with its shares
يَمنَعُhe withholds ماwhat شاءَhe wishes وَيَعطيand gives الَّتيthat which
يَمنَعُ ما شاءَ وَيَعطي الَّتي
تَسموaspires إِلَيهاto it عَينُan eye بِأَقسامِهاwith its shares
تَسمو إِلَيها عَينُ بِأَقسامِها
He withholds what he wishes, and gives the gift
He refuses what he wants and gives what
to which an eye aspires, with its shares.
Eyes aspire to through its shares
مَتىwhenever يَعِدhe promises يُنجِزhe fulfills وَلاand does not يَكتَبِلfetter
مَتى يَعِد يُنجِز وَلا يَكتَبِل
مِنهُfrom him العَطاياthe gifts طولُthe length of إِعتامِهاtheir delay
مِنهُ العَطايا طولُ إِعتامِها
Whenever he promises, he fulfills, and never fetters
Whenever he promises he fulfills and does not
his gifts with long postponement.
Deceive from his gifts the length of his darknesses
كَفّاهُhis two hands كَفٌّone hand لاnot يُرىis seen سَيبُهاits bounty
كَفّاهُ كَفٌّ لا يُرى سَيبُها
مُقَسَّطاًrationed رَهبَةَfor fear of إِعدامِهاits impoverishment
مُقَسَّطاً رَهبَةَ إِعدامِها
His hands: one whose bounty is never seen
A palm whose palm is unseen sufficed him
rationed out for fear of impoverishment,
Moderating the fear of his destruction
مَبسوطَةٌoutstretched تَستَنُّrace أَرواقُهاits torrents
مَبسوطَةٌ تَستَنُّ أَرواقُها
عَلىover مَواليهاits dependents وَمُعتامِهاand its bounty-seeker
عَلى مَواليها وَمُعتامِها
outstretched, its torrents racing
Extended which its lobbies hope for
over its dependents and its bounty-seekers.
Its loyalists and confidants
وَكَفُّهُand his hand الأُخرىthe other بِهاwith it يَبتَغيhe seeks
وَكَفُّهُ الأُخرى بِها يَبتَغي
نَقضَthe undoing of ثَأىthe breach of قَومٍa people وَأَوذَمِهاand their bonds
نَقضَ ثَأى قَومٍ وَأَوذَمِها
His other hand is that with which he seeks
While his other palm through it seeks
to undo a people's breaches and their bonds.
To break the distance of a people and their injuries
إِنif فَتَقَتit tears لَمnot يَلتَئِمwill mend فَتَقُهاits tear
إِن فَتَقَت لَم يَلتَئِم فَتَقُها
أَوor أَرأَمَتit reconciles عيشَone lives بِإِرآمِهاthrough its reconciliation
أَو أَرأَمَت عيشَ بِإِرآمِها
If it tears, its tear never closes;
If it cracked, its crack would not heal
if it reconciles, one lives by its reconciliation.
Or if it wanted life through its pieces
فيهاin it عَلىagainst الأَعداءِthe enemies عُرضِيَّةٌfierce resistance
فيها عَلى الأَعداءِ عُرضِيَّةٌ
فيin حَشِّهاits fueling الحَربَwar وَإِضرامِهاand its kindling
في حَشِّها الحَربَ وَإِضرامِها
In it is fierce resistance against enemies,
In it for the enemies is vulnerability
as it fuels war and sets it ablaze.
In its courtyard, war and its flames
يَفريhe cuts through الأُمورَaffairs الحُذّذاthe keen one, possessing (unclear reading) إِربَةٍresourcefulness
يَفري الأُمورَ الحُذّذا إِربَةٍ
لَيِّهاtwisting them شَزراًtightly وَإِبرامِهاand binding them
لَيِّها شَزراً وَإِبرامِها
He cuts through affairs, keen and resourceful,
He cleverly arranges fearful affairs
twisting them tightly and binding them fast,
Binding its knots and concluding them
وَيَجتَليand he discerns غُرَّةَthe first gleam of مَجهولِهاtheir unknown course
وَيَجتَلي غُرَّةَ مَجهولِها
بِالرَأيِthrough judgment مِنهُfrom him قَبلَbefore إِنجامِهاtheir emergence
بِالرَأيِ مِنهُ قَبلَ إِنجامِها
and discerns the first gleam of their unknown course
And reveals the unknown of its perplexity
through his judgment, before they emerge.
Through opinion before accomplishing them
ماضٍresolute إِذاwhen الأَنكاسُthe base men بَعدَafter الكَرىsleep
ماضٍ إِذا الأَنكاسُ بَعدَ الكَرى
تَباعَجَتburst apart أَرواحُthe spirits of أَحلامِهاtheir wits
تَباعَجَت أَرواحُ أَحلامِها
Resolute when base men, after sleep,
Decisive if after the cycles souls
have the spirits of their wits burst apart.
Of its dreams were disturbed
وَدارِand many a land of قَومٍa people أَشِبٍtangled شِعبُهاits ravine
وَدارِ قَومٍ أَشِبٍ شِعبُها
دائِمَةٍconstant هَبوَةُthe dust-cloud of إِقتامِهاits dust-raising
دائِمَةٍ هَبوَةُ إِقتامِها
And many a people's land, its ravine tangled,
And the house of a people whose hills are difficult
the cloud of its rising dust unceasing,
Whose darkness is continuous
شُمِّlofty الأَعاليin its heights شائِلٍrising حَولَهاaround it
شُمِّ الأَعالي شائِلٍ حَولَها
شَعراءُthickets مُبيَضٍّwhitened ذُرىthe summits of هامِهاits crests
شَعراءُ مُبيَضٍّ ذُرى هامِها
lofty in its heights, with rising all around it
Smell the heights, around it skeptically
thickets, the tips of its crests whitened,
Poets of courage, the delusions of their zeal
خادِعَةِdeceptive المَسلَكِin its paths أَرصادُهاits watch-posts
خادِعَةِ المَسلَكِ أَرصادُها
تُمسيbecome at evening وُكوناًroosts فَوقَabove آرامِهاits cairns
تُمسي وُكوناً فَوقَ آرامِها
deceptive in its paths, its watch-posts
Deceptive in method, its observations
at evening roosts above its cairns:
Spend nights and days over its wildernesses
طَعَنَتyou drove بِالجَيشِwith the army بِهاthrough it هادِياًas a guide
طَعَنَت بِالجَيشِ بِها هادِياً
خَوفَthe dread of مَلاقيهاits encounters وَأَهضامِهاand its hollows
خَوفَ مَلاقيها وَأَهضامِها
you drove the army through it, leading
It stabbed the army through it, guiding
through dreaded encounters and hollows,
The fear of meeting it and its assaults
قَدَّcutting التِهامِيَّthe Tihami بِإِزميلِهِwith his chisel
قَدَّ التِهامِيَّ بِإِزميلِهِ
عَنwith قُدرَةٍskill مَقروظَacacia-tanned آدامِهاits hides
عَن قُدرَةٍ مَقروظَ آدامِها
as a Tihami cuts with his chisel,
Until when a night darkened
skillfully, through its acacia-tanned hides.
It assaulted, then flew after its darkness
حَتّىuntil إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle لَيلَةٌa night أَظلَمَتgrew dark
حَتّى إِذا ما لَيلَةٌ أَظلَمَت
ثومَّتَthen طارَتflew away بَعدَafter إِظلامِهاits darkening
ثومَّتَ طارَت بَعدَ إِظلامِها
Until, when a night had grown dark,
Like the black dress, so its edges
then flown away after its darkening,
Are a dawn that revealed the greenness of its garments
كَجُبَّةِlike a robe of الساجِsaj cloth فَحافاتُهاthen its edges
كَجُبَّةِ الساجِ فَحافاتُها
صُبحٌdawn جَلاcleared away خُضرَةَthe greenness of أَهدامِهاits tatters
صُبحٌ جَلا خُضرَةَ أَهدامِها
like a robe of saj cloth, its edges
He raided it with a raid that multiplied
dawn that cleared the greenness of its tatters,
The family of its days and orphans
بَثَّhe unleashed عَلَيهاupon it غارَةًa raid أَكثَرَتincreased
بَثَّ عَلَيها غارَةً أَكثَرَت
عَيلَthe destitution of أَياماهاits widows وَأَيتامِهاand its orphans
عَيلَ أَياماها وَأَيتامِها
he unleashed upon it a raid that increased
With horses whose lands have dried up
the destitution of its widows and orphans,
And the cunning of criminals failed
بِالخَيلِwith horses قَدalready جَفَّتhad dried up مَبادينُهاtheir fleshy parts
بِالخَيلِ قَد جَفَّت مَبادينُها
وَآلَand dwindled مِنof حيلَةِthe strength of أَجرامِهاtheir bodies
وَآلَ مِن حيلَةِ أَجرامِها
with horses whose flesh had dried and thinned,
Destroyer of wars, he managed it
whose bodily strength had dwindled.
Distinguishing money and spoils
مِردىa destroyer in حُروبٍwars مِثلُهُone like him ساسَهاmanaged them
مِردى حُروبٍ مِثلُهُ ساسَها
مُتلِفِa squanderer of أَموالٍwealth وَغَنّامِهاand its plunderer
مُتلِفِ أَموالٍ وَغَنّامِها
A destroyer in wars—his like has managed them—
Pale-lipped, it seeks blood
a squanderer of wealth and its plunderer.
Its jaws from the long bridling
شاحِبَةِpale الأَفواهِin the mouths تَهميpour دَماًblood
شاحِبَةِ الأَفواهِ تَهمي دَماً
أَشداقُهاtheir jaws مِنfrom طولِthe length of إِلجامِهاtheir bridling
أَشداقُها مِن طولِ إِلجامِها
Pale-mouthed, streaming blood,
The birds twitter when it takes
their jaws, from long wearing of bridles.
Its breaths in the process of bowing
تُرَنِّقُhover الطَيرُthe birds إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle عَدَتthey galloped
تُرَنِّقُ الطَيرُ إِذا ما عَدَت
أَنفاسَهاtheir breaths فيat قُبلِthe outset of إِرخامِهاtheir settling
أَنفاسَها في قُبلِ إِرخامِها
The birds hover when the horses gallop,
It divides the sheep with the flock
holding their breath before settling down.
Of the silent biting fangs of its flags
يُجَزِّئُhe apportions الغُنمَthe spoils بِمَحشورَةٍwith slender lot-arrows
يُجَزِّئُ الغُنمَ بِمَحشورَةٍ
خُرسٍmute خَفِيٍّfaint ضَرسُthe notching of أَعلامِهاtheir markings
خُرسٍ خَفِيٍّ ضَرسُ أَعلامِها
He apportions the spoils with slender lot-arrows,
They transgress with the hands when employed
mute, the notches of their markings faint.
From it lightly due to their bodies
تَجورُthey dart بِالأَيديin the hands إِذاwhen اِستُعمِلَتthey are used
تَجورُ بِالأَيدي إِذا اِستُعمِلَت
مِنهاsome of them عَلىdespite خِفَّةِthe lightness of أَجسامِهاtheir bodies
مِنها عَلى خِفَّةِ أَجسامِها
They dart in the hands whenever used,
The transgression of the gazelles of Luwayy Hatham
any of them, light though their bodies are,
Remembered the chastity of their yards
جِوارَlike the flight of غِزلانِgazelles لِوىthe sand-bend of هَيثَمٍHaytham
جِوارَ غِزلانِ لِوى هَيثَمٍ
تَذَكَّرَتremembered فيقَةِthe replenished milk of آرامِهاtheir white does
تَذَكَّرَت فيقَةِ آرامِها
like the flight of gazelles at the sand-bend of Haytham,
remembering their white does' fresh milk.
Partial English translation: 106 of 108 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1