لاnot تَصطليshe warms herself at النارَthe fire إِلاexcept مجمراًan incense-brazier أَرِجاًfragrant
لا تَصطلي النارَ إِلا مجمراً أَرِجاً
قَدalready كَسَّرتshe broke up مِنfrom يَلنَجوجٍaloeswood لَهُfor it وَقَصاsmall chips
قَد كَسَّرت مِن يَلنَجوجٍ لَهُ وَقَصا
She warms herself at no fire but a fragrant incense-brazier,
for which she has broken chips of aloeswood.
إِنَّindeed الحبالةَthe snare أَلهَتنيkept me occupied إِبارتُهاits making
إِنَّ الحبالةَ أَلهَتني إِبارتُها
حتّىso that أَصيدَكُماI catch for you both فيin بَعضِهاpart of it قَنَصاgame
حتّى أَصيدَكُما في بَعضِها قَنَصا
Indeed, making the snare has kept me busy,
so I may catch game for you both in part of it.
عَمَلَّسٌswift and sinewy غائِرُsunken العَينَينِthe two eyes عارِيَةٌbare
عَمَلَّسٌ غائِرُ العَينَينِ عارِيَةٌ
مِنهُof it الظَّنابيبُthe shinbones لَمdid not يَغمِزlimp بِهاwith them مَعَصاfrom cramp
مِنهُ الظَّنابيبُ لَم يَغمِز بِها مَعَصا
Fleet and sinewy, sunken-eyed, with bare
shinbones, never limping from cramp.
طافَتit roamed لَياليَfor nights وانضَمّتand dwindled ثَميلتُهاits reserves of nourishment
طافَت لَياليَ وانضَمّت ثَميلتُها
وَعادَand became لَحمٌflesh عَليهاupon it بادِنٌplump نَخَصاwasted
وَعادَ لَحمٌ عَليها بادِنٌ نَخَصا
It roamed for nights, and its reserves dwindled;
and the flesh upon it, once plump, grew wasted.
فَجاءَهاthen came to it قانِصٌa hunter يَسعىrunning بِضاريَةٍwith a trained female hunting hound
فَجاءَها قانِصٌ يَسعى بِضاريَةٍ
تَرىyou see الدِّماءَthe blood عَلىon أَكتافِهاher shoulders نَفَصاspattered
تَرى الدِّماءَ عَلى أَكتافِها نَفَصا
Then a hunter came upon it, running with a trained hunting hound;
you see blood spattered over her shoulders.
Sol 6.1