أَلاAh! اِنعِمbe happy صَباحاًin the morning أَيُّهاO الرَبعُthe campsite وَاِسلَمِand be safe
أَلا اِنعِم صَباحاً أَيُّها الرَبعُ وَاِسلَمِ
نُحَيّيكَwe greet you عَنfrom شَحطٍa great distance وَإِنeven though لَمnot (past negation) تَكَلَّمِyou speak
نُحَيّيكَ عَن شَحطٍ وَإِن لَم تَكَلَّمِ
Ah, have a happy morning, O campsite, and fare well!
We greet you from afar, though you do not speak.
وَقَدand sometimes أَتَناسىI make myself forget الهَمَّcare عِندَat اِحتِضارِهِits arrival
وَقَد أَتَناسى الهَمَّ عِندَ اِحتِضارِهِ
بِناجٍon a swift camel عَلَيهِupon it الصَيعَرِيَّةُthe Ṣayʿariyya neck-brand مُكدَمِbite-scarred
بِناجٍ عَلَيهِ الصَيعَرِيَّةُ مُكدَمِ
And sometimes I make myself forget care when it comes upon me,
On a swift, bite-scarred camel bearing the Ṣayʿariyya brand,
كُمَيتٍdark chestnut كِنازِcompact اللَحمِof flesh أَوor حِميَرِيَّةٍa Himyarite she-camel
كُمَيتٍ كِنازِ اللَحمِ أَو حِميَرِيَّةٍ
مُواشِكَةٍquick-stepping تَنفيshe scatters الحَصاthe pebbles بِمُلَثَّمِwith a padded hoof
مُواشِكَةٍ تَنفي الحَصا بِمُلَثَّمِ
Dark chestnut, firm-fleshed—or a Himyarite she-camel,
Quick-stepping, scattering pebbles with a padded hoof.
كَأَنَّas though عَلىupon أَنسائِهِits hams عِذقَa date-cluster خَصبَةٍof a fruitful palm
كَأَنَّ عَلى أَنسائِهِ عِذقَ خَصبَةٍ
تَدَلّىhung down مِنَfrom الكافورِthe palm spathe غَيرَnot مُكَمَّمِenclosed in a sheath
تَدَلّى مِنَ الكافورِ غَيرَ مُكَمَّمِ
As though upon its hams were a fruitful palm’s date-cluster,
Hanging from its spathe, uncovered.
أَكَبَّتshe bent over عَلَيهاover it الهالِكِيَّةُthe Hālikī woman مُسلَماًsurrendered
أَكَبَّت عَلَيها الهالِكِيَّةُ مُسلَماً
هُوَيلَةُHuwaila حَتّىuntil زَيَّنَتهُshe adorned it بِميشَمِwith a branding iron
هُوَيلَةُ حَتّى زَيَّنَتهُ بِميشَمِ
Over it, surrendered to her, bent the Hālikī woman—
Huwaila—until she adorned it with a branding iron.
Sol 6.1