إذاwhen حارَدتْwithheld their bounty غُبرُdust-gray السنينthe years فيَمِّمواthen make for
إذا حارَدتْ غُبرُ السنين فيَمِّموا
نَداهُhis generosity ولوand even if جعْجعتُمyou halted on rough ground بالرَّواحِلِwith the riding camels
نَداهُ ولو جعْجعتُم بالرَّواحِلِ
When dust-gray years withhold their bounty, make for
his generosity, even if you halt your riding camels on rough ground.
فإنَّfor indeed مُناخresting-place العيسthe pale camels فيin جَوِّthe interior of أرْضِهِhis land
فإنَّ مُناخ العيس في جَوِّ أرْضِهِ
كفيلٌa guarantor بنحْضِof restoring flesh to الرازحاتthe exhausted ones النواحلthe emaciated ones
كفيلٌ بنحْضِ الرازحات النواحل
For the pale camels’ resting-place within his land
is sure to restore flesh to the exhausted, emaciated ones.
تَؤُمُّونَyou make for مِطْعامَa lavish provider of food العَشِيِّthe evening وسيَدand the master
تَؤُمُّونَ مِطْعامَ العَشِيِّ وسيَد
النَّدِيِّthe assembly وجياشَand one who sets things seething الوَغىbattle والمَراجِلِand the cauldrons
النَّدِيِّ وجياشَ الوَغى والمَراجِلِ
You seek a lavish provider of evening meals, and the master
of the assembly, and one who sets battle and cauldrons seething.
تَحُلُّونَyou lodge منهin him فيin الخطوبcalamities بمانِعٍwith a defender
تَحُلُّونَ منه في الخطوب بمانِعٍ
حَمِيٍّfiercely protective وعندand during المُجْدباتِthe barren years بهاطِلِwith a downpour
حَمِيٍّ وعند المُجْدباتِ بهاطِلِ
In times of trouble, you find in him a defender,
fiercely protective, and in barren years, a downpour of bounty.
Sol 6.1