الحِقفُthe curved sand dune فيin مئزرهhis waistcloth إنwhen مشىhe walks
الحِقفُ في مئزره إن مشى
والغُصنُand the bough الرَّيّانُlush فيin المِرطِthe mantle
والغُصنُ الرَّيّانُ في المِرطِ
A sand dune in his waistcloth when he walks,
and a lush bough in his mantle;
أسخنُhotter منthan عينيmy eye علىdespite أنّهhis being
أسخنُ من عيني على أنّه
أضيقُtighter منthan رِزقيmy livelihood ومنand than قِسطيmy allotted share
أضيقُ من رِزقي ومن قِسطي
hotter than my eye, although
tighter than my livelihood and my allotted share.
زارَhe visited وقدand already شابَhad turned gray عِذارُthe cheek-down of الدُّجىnight
زارَ وقد شابَ عِذارُ الدُّجى
ودبَّand crept فيهthrough it الصبحُdawn بالوَخطِwith flecks of gray
ودبَّ فيه الصبحُ بالوَخطِ
He came to visit when night's cheek-down had turned gray,
and dawn crept through it in flecks of gray.
Sol 6.1