مَنازِلُabodes يَقفوهنَّfollows them كُلّevery عَشيَّةٍevening
مَنازِلُ يَقفوهنَّ كُلّ عَشيَّةٍ
وَكُلّand every ضُحىًforenoon سفسافُfine particles مُورٍof drifting dust وَحافِلُهand its dense mass
وَكُلّ ضُحىً سفسافُ مُورٍ وَحافِلُه
Abodes swept over every evening
and every forenoon by drifting dust, fine and thick.
فَآنَستthen I glimpsed أَدبارَthe backs of الحمولِthe laden camels كأَنَّهاas though they were
فَآنَست أَدبارَ الحمولِ كأَنَّها
مَخارِفُgroves نَخلٍof date palms لَمnot تُكمَّمbe covered حَوامِلُهits fruit-bearing trees
مَخارِفُ نَخلٍ لَم تُكمَّم حَوامِلُه
Then I glimpsed the backs of the laden camels, as though they were
date-palm groves whose fruit-bearing trees had not been covered.
وَقُلنَand they said أَتَيتَyou have done اليَومَtoday ماwhat لستyou are not خافِياًconcealing
وَقُلنَ أَتَيتَ اليَومَ ما لست خافِياً
وَبادَهتَand you boldly confronted أَمراًa matter كنتyou had been قِدماًlong before تُحاوِلُهpursuing it
وَبادَهتَ أَمراً كنت قِدماً تُحاوِلُه
And they said: Today you have done what you do not conceal,
and boldly confronted a matter you had long pursued.
حَضَرتمyou came لَناto us يَومَon the day of الذؤيبِal-Dhuʾayb بِناشيءٍwith a youth
حَضَرتم لَنا يَومَ الذؤيبِ بِناشيءٍ
أَشمَّhigh-nosed كنصلِlike the blade of السَّيفِthe sword حلوٍsweet شَمائِلُهhis ways
أَشمَّ كنصلِ السَّيفِ حلوٍ شَمائِلُه
You came to us on the day of al-Dhuʾayb with a youth,
high-nosed, like a sword blade, and sweet in his ways.
Sol 6.1