أَلاAh! هَلْis there? إِلَىto حَوْمانَةٍa stretch of rough ground ذاتِhaving عَرْفَجٍarfaj shrubs
أَلا هَلْ إِلَى حَوْمانَةٍ ذاتِ عَرْفَجٍ
وَوادِيand the valley of سُبَيْعٍSubayʿ ياO عَلِيلُailing one سَبِيلُa way
وَوادِي سُبَيْعٍ يا عَلِيلُ سَبِيلُ
Ah, is there a way to a plain covered in arfaj shrubs,
And the valley of Subayʿ, O ailing one,
وَدُوِّيَّةٍand a wilderness قَفْرٍbarren كَأَنَّas though بِهاin it الْقَطاthe sandgrouse
وَدُوِّيَّةٍ قَفْرٍ كَأَنَّ بِها الْقَطا
بِرِيٍّwith quenched thirst لَهاfor them فَوْقَabove الْحِدابِthe hillocks يَجُولُroams
بِرِيٍّ لَها فَوْقَ الْحِدابِ يَجُولُ
And a barren wilderness, where the sandgrouse seem
To roam above the hillocks with their thirst quenched?
Sol 6.1