أَلاLo! طَرَقَتshe visited by night ظَمياءُẒamyāʾ وَالرَكبُand the caravan هُجَّدُasleep
أَلا طَرَقَت ظَمياءُ وَالرَكبُ هُجَّدُ
دُوَينَjust short of الشَجِيِّal-Shajiyy عَنto يَمينِthe right of الخَرانِقِal-Kharāniq
دُوَينَ الشَجِيِّ عَن يَمينِ الخَرانِقِ
Lo, Ẓamyāʾ visited by night while the caravan slept,
Alas the night knocked and the caravan hastened
just short of al-Shajiyy, to the right of al-Kharāniq.
Past the crooked valley on the right side of rocky terrain
طَريداًas a fugitive سَرىtraveled by night حَتّىuntil أَناخَmade the camels kneel وَماand not yet بَدَتappeared
طَريداً سَرى حَتّى أَناخَ وَما بَدَت
مِنَfrom الصُبحِthe dawn أَعناقُthe necks النُجومِof the stars الخَوافِقِsetting
مِنَ الصُبحِ أَعناقُ النُجومِ الخَوافِقِ
Fleeing, it traveled by night until it made camp; not yet had appeared
Racing until it halted though no trace appeared
out of the dawn the necks of the setting stars.
Of dawn upon the neckline of aligned stars
شَريجانِa matched pair بِكرٌa virgin لَمnot تُدَيَّثwas subdued وَمُرضِعٌand a nursing mother
شَريجانِ بِكرٌ لَم تُدَيَّث وَمُرضِعٌ
تَرَكناwe left لَهاfor her لُبّاًa mind كَلِبِّlike the mind of المَعالِقِhanging pendants
تَرَكنا لَها لُبّاً كَلِبِّ المَعالِقِ
A matched pair: a virgin not yet subdued, and a nursing mother;
A she-camel unridden, with milk we left for her
we left her a mind like that of hanging pendants.
Like glue sticks fast the teats from contact
إِذاwhenever ذَكَرَتremembered نَفسيmy soul زِياداًZiyād تَكَمَّشَتshrank
إِذا ذَكَرَت نَفسي زِياداً تَكَمَّشَت
مِنَfrom الخَوفِfear أَحشائيmy entrails وَذابَتand melted مَفارِقيthe partings of my hair
مِنَ الخَوفِ أَحشائي وَذابَت مَفارِقي
Whenever my soul remembered Ziyād, there shrank
When my soul recalls more of Ziyad it shrivels
from fear my entrails, and the partings of my hair melted.
From fear my innards and joints begin melting
Sol 6.1