لَسَسنَthey nibbled بُقولَherbs الصَيفِsummer حَتّىuntil كَأَنَّماas though
لَسَسنَ بُقولَ الصَيفِ حَتّى كَأَنَّما
بَأَفواهِهاupon their mouths مِنfrom لَسِّnibbling حُلَّبِهاtheir ḥullab herbs الصَقرُdate syrup
بَأَفواهِها مِن لَسِّ حُلَّبِها الصَقرُ
They nibbled the summer herbs, until it seemed
The summer's first berries taste as though
Date syrup lay upon their mouths from nibbling their ḥullab herbs.
The hawk's sticky beak still clings in their sap
Sol 6.1