وَمَدَّand he stretched out (unclear in context) مِنfrom رَحلِthe saddle العَطاطِal-ʿAṭāṭ وَرَدنَهُthey reached it
وَمَدَّ مِن رَحلِ العَطاطِ وَرَدنَهُ
َقَدَalready النَجومَthe stars عَلىtoward المَغارِبِthe western horizons دُفَّعُpressing onward
َقَدَ النَجومَ عَلى المَغارِبِ دُفَّعُ
[Wording unclear] And he stretched out from al-ʿAṭāṭ's saddle; they reached it,
He stretched the rope of his tent and spread out its sides,
the stars already pressing toward the western horizons.
Like the stars spread over the evening horizons.
أَدلىhe lowered غُلاميmy boy دَلوَهُhis bucket يَبغيseeking بِهاwith it
أَدلى غُلامي دَلوَهُ يَبغي بِها
وَشلاًa trickle of water لِيَنشَحَto moisten قَلبَthe heart of صادٍa thirsty person يَهلَعُwho is frantic
وَشلاً لِيَنشَحَ قَلبَ صادٍ يَهلَعُ
My boy lowered his bucket, seeking with it
My boy let down his bucket, hoping to draw with it
a trickle to moisten the heart of one frantic with thirst.
Some water to quench the thirsty heart of a worried man.
فَأَتَتso it returned بِنَسجِwith the weaving of العَنكَبوتِthe spider كَأَنَّهُas though it were
فَأَتَت بِنَسجِ العَنكَبوتِ كَأَنَّهُ
ثَوبُthe cloth of المَقامِthe Maqām (station) عَلىover العِصِيِّthe poles مُشَرَّعُspread out
ثَوبُ المَقامِ عَلى العِصِيِّ مُشَرَّعُ
It came back with a spider's web, as though it were
It came back covered with spider webs, as if
the Maqām's cloth, spread out over poles.
It were the garment of a house left hanging on a pole.
فَلَوىso he coiled الرَشاءَthe bucket-rope وَطَرَتand I flew (reading وَطِرْتُ) فَوقَatop شَمَلَّةٍa fleet she-camel
فَلَوى الرَشاءَ وَطَرَت فَوقَ شَمَلَّةٍ
وَجناءَbroad-cheeked دانِيَةِready in المِراحِspiritedness تَلَذَّعُbounding as if scorched
وَجناءَ دانِيَةِ المِراحِ تَلَذَّعُ
So he coiled the bucket-rope, and I flew atop a fleet she-camel,
So he twisted the rope and threw it over a saddle blanket
broad-cheeked, readily spirited, bounding as though scorched.
And the side of a gently-swaying portable house.
Sol 6.1