لَعَمرُكَby your life لاnot يُفارِقُleaves ماas long as أَقامَتendures
لَعَمرُكَ لا يُفارِقُ ما أَقامَت
فُقَيماًFuqaym لُؤمُهاits baseness أُخرىthe last of اللَياليthe nights
فُقَيماً لُؤمُها أُخرى اللَيالي
By your life, their baseness will never leave
By your life! They will not abandon what they erected
Fuqaym, as long as the last of nights endures.
As long as the nights continue to bring gloom.
وَلَيسَand is not بِزائِلٍdeparting عَنهُمfrom them لِحينٍfor a time
وَلَيسَ بِزائِلٍ عَنهُم لِحينٍ
وَلَوand even if زالَتvanished ذُرىthe peaks صُمُّsolid الجِبالِthe mountains
وَلَو زالَت ذُرى صُمُّ الجِبالِ
Nor will it depart from them at any time,
They will not depart from here for a while,
Even if the peaks of solid mountains vanish.
Even if the mountain peaks should crumble.
وَأَنكَرَهُمand he found them strange فَتينُthe demon الماءِthe water لَمّاwhen
وَأَنكَرَهُم فَتينُ الماءِ لَمّا
رَآهُمhe saw them يَمرُسونَthey work the ropes عَلىover المَحالِthe pulleys
رَآهُم يَمرُسونَ عَلى المَحالِ
And the water-demon found them strange when
The youths of the water denied knowing them
He saw them working ropes over the pulleys,
When they saw them treading the barren land,
وَأَقداماًand feet لَهُمof theirs جُرداًbare قِصاراًshort
وَأَقداماً لَهُم جُرداً قِصاراً
قَليلاًlittle أَخذُهُنَّtheir taking up مِنَof النِعالِthe sandals
قَليلاً أَخذُهُنَّ مِنَ النِعالِ
And their bare, short feet,
With bare short legs
Taking up little room in sandals.
That sandals scarcely clothe.
Sol 6.1