عَجِلُquick الرُكوبِto mount إِذاwhen اِعتَرَتهُovertakes him نافِضٌa shivering fit
عَجِلُ الرُكوبِ إِذا اِعتَرَتهُ نافِضٌ
فَإِذاbut when أَفاقَhe recovers فَلَيسَthen he is not بِالرَكّابِa rider
فَإِذا أَفاقَ فَلَيسَ بِالرَكّابِ
He is quick to mount when a shivering fit seizes him,
but when he recovers, he is no rider.
وَتَراهُand you see him بَعدَafter ثَلاثَthree عَشرَةَten قائِماًstanding
وَتَراهُ بَعدَ ثَلاثَ عَشرَةَ قائِماً
مِثلَlike المُؤَذِّنَthe caller to prayer شَكَّwas unsure يَومَon a day of سَحابِclouds
مِثلَ المُؤَذِّنَ شَكَّ يَومَ سَحابِ
And you see him standing after thirteen,
like a muezzin uncertain on a cloudy day.
يَتَنَفَّسُhe breathes الصُعَداءَdeep sighs عِندَbeside مُراسِلٍa previously married woman
يَتَنَفَّسُ الصُعَداءَ عِندَ مُراسِلٍ
وَيَكادُand he almost يَخلَعُstrips off جِلدَةَthe skin of الكَعّابِthe full-breasted maiden
وَيَكادُ يَخلَعُ جِلدَةَ الكَعّابِ
He heaves deep sighs beside a previously married woman,
and almost strips the skin from the full-breasted maiden.
Sol 6.1