وَإِنَّand indeed اِمرَأًa man أَمسَتhave come to be مَساقِطُresting places رَحلِهِof his saddle
وَإِنَّ اِمرَأً أَمسَت مَساقِطُ رَحلِهِ
بِأَسوانَin Aswan لَمdid not يَترُكleave لَهُfor him الحِرصُgreed مَعلَماa landmark
بِأَسوانَ لَم يَترُك لَهُ الحِرصُ مَعلَما
And indeed, a man whose saddle has come to rest
A man whose footsteps halted at Aswan
in Aswan—greed has left him no landmark unvisited.
Left behind no trace for greed to discern.
حَلَلتُI settled مَحَلّاًin a place يَقصُرُfalls short البَرقُlightning دونَهُshort of it
حَلَلتُ مَحَلّاً يَقصُرُ البَرقُ دونَهُ
وَيَعجِزُand is unable عَنهُto reach it الطَيفُthe dream-phantom أَنto يَتَجَشَّماundertake the hardship
وَيَعجِزُ عَنهُ الطَيفُ أَن يَتَجَشَّما
I have settled in a place that lightning falls short of,
I dwelt in a place too high for lightning to reach
and the dream-phantom cannot brave the journey to it.
And too hard for mirage's deception to fathom.
Sol 6.1