أَرى أَجَأً مِن وَراءِ الشَقيقِ

أَرى أَجَأً مِن وَراءِ الشَقيقِ

وَالصَهوِ زُوِّجَها عامِرُ

وَالصَهوِ زُوِّجَها عامِرُ

I see Ajaʾ beyond al-Shaqīq

Behind the veil, I see an unwed girl

And al-Ṣahw; ʿĀmir was married to her.

Whose husband they have paired with fertile land

وَقَد زَوَّجوها وَقَد عَنَسَت

وَقَد زَوَّجوها وَقَد عَنَسَت

وَقَد أَيقَنوا أَنَّها عاقِرُ

وَقَد أَيقَنوا أَنَّها عاقِرُ

And they married her off, though she had grown old unwed,

They wed her, but she did not conceive

And they knew for certain that she was barren.

And they knew she was barren sand

فَإِن يَكُ أَمرٌ بِأَعجازِها

فَإِن يَكُ أَمرٌ بِأَعجازِها

فَإِنّي عَلى صَدرِها حاجِرُ

فَإِنّي عَلى صَدرِها حاجِرُ

So if anything happens at her rear,

If her fate is tied to her infertility

Then I am a guard at her breast.

Then upon her bosom, I will build a dam