تَطايَرُthey fly about فيin مَرِّthe sweep of العَجاجِthe dust كَأَنَّهاas though they were
تَطايَرُ في مَرِّ العَجاجِ كَأَنَّها
أَجادِلُfalcons حَطَّتهاsent them down سِغاباًhungry وُكورُهاtheir nests
أَجادِلُ حَطَّتها سِغاباً وُكورُها
They fly through the sweeping dust, as though they were
They flutter amid the bitter aloes as though
falcons whose nests sent them down hungry.
Their cooing were the sound of sieves sifted by a straining-cloth.
لَهاfor them بَينَbetween جَنبَيthe two flanks of ضَرغَدٍDarghad فَضَرِيَّةٍand then Dariyya
لَها بَينَ جَنبَي ضَرغَدٍ فَضَرِيَّةٍ
غُرَيريَّةٌa Ghurayri she-camel يَهديguides الضُيوفَthe guests زَفيرُهاher snorting
غُرَيريَّةٌ يَهدي الضُيوفَ زَفيرُها
For them, between the flanks of Darghad and Dariyya,
Between the ribs of a bright-cheeked one, slim-flanked,
is a Ghurayri she-camel whose snorting guides the guests.
Is a throaty one whose purring welcomes the guests.
Sol 6.1