ضَوءُthe glow نارٍof a fire بَداappeared لِعَينَيكَto your eyes أَمor شُبـwas kindled (first part)
ضَوءُ نارٍ بَدا لِعَينَيكَ أَم شُبـ
ـبَت(completes 'was kindled') بِذيat the place of الأَثلِthe tamarisks مِنfrom سَلامَةَSalāmah نارُa fire
ـبَت بِذي الأَثلِ مِن سَلامَةَ نارُ
Did a fire’s glow appear before your eyes, or was there kindled
Is the light of a fire that appeared to your eyes, or did it shine with splendor among the loved ones?
at Dhū al-Athl a fire from Salāmah?
That light is between the gardens, the loved ones, and the young women, from us and from the peacefulness of home.
تِلكَthat بَينَamong الرِياضِthe meadows والأثلِand the tamarisks والباand the bān trees (first part)
تِلكَ بَينَ الرِياضِ والأثلِ والبا
ناتِ(completes 'bān trees') مِنّاof ours وَمِنand of سَلامَةَSalāmah دارُa dwelling
ناتِ مِنّا وَمِن سَلامَةَ دارُ
That, among the meadows, tamarisks, and bān
That is the home of departure, now desolate, where the seekers and visitors once gathered.
trees, is a dwelling of ours and Salāmah’s.
It has become abandoned, with a tower glimpsed through the winds and rains that batter it.
تِلكَthat دارُthe dwelling الغَضاof the ghaḍā trees وَحشاًdesolate وَقَدand once يأfrequent (first part)
تِلكَ دارُ الغَضا وَحشاً وَقَد يأ
لَفُهاfrequent it (completion) المُجتَدونَthe seekers of bounty والزوَّارُand the visitors
لَفُها المُجتَدونَ والزوَّارُ
That dwelling by the ghaḍā trees is desolate, though once
And so time takes the people away, while the homes and ruins remain.
seekers of bounty and visitors frequented it.
أَصبَحَتit has become دِمنَةًa ruined campsite تَلوحُis visible بِمَتنٍon raised ground
أَصبَحَت دِمنَةً تَلوحُ بِمَتنٍ
تَعتَفيهاsweep over it الرياحُthe winds والأَمطارُand the rains
تَعتَفيها الرياحُ والأَمطارُ
It has become a ruined campsite, visible on raised ground,
which winds and rains sweep over.
وَكَذاكَand likewise الزَمانُtime يَذهَبُgoes away بالناwith the people (first part)
وَكَذاكَ الزَمانُ يَذهَبُ بالنا
سِ(completes 'people') وَتَبقىand remain الديارُthe dwellings والآثارُand the traces
سِ وَتَبقى الديارُ والآثارُ
And so time carries away
people, while the dwellings and traces remain.
Partial English translation: 5 of 10 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1