طَرَقَتْكَshe visited you by night بالدَّهْناin al-Dahna وصَحْبُكَand your companions نُوَّمُasleep
طَرَقَتْكَ بالدَّهْنا وصَحْبُكَ نُوَّمُ
واللَّيْلُand the night أَدْهَمُa black steed بالثُّرَيّاwith the Pleiades مُلْجَمُbridled
واللَّيْلُ أَدْهَمُ بالثُّرَيّا مُلْجَمُ
She visited you by night in al-Dahna, while your companions slept.
The night made you travel by twilight while your companions slept,
And night was a black steed bridled with the Pleiades.
The night was pitch-black dotted with Pleiades,
والشَّامُand Syria خِطَّتُكُمْyour abode ولَيْسَتْand it is not نِسْبةًan affiliation
والشَّامُ خِطَّتُكُمْ ولَيْسَتْ نِسْبةً
إِلاexcept كَمَاas نُسِبَتْwere ascribed إِلَيْهَاto it الأَنْجُمُthe stars
إِلا كَمَا نُسِبَتْ إِلَيْهَا الأَنْجُمُ
And Syria is your abode, yet your connection to it is no more
Syria was your destination, and the only connection
than that of the stars ascribed to it.
Was like the stars were connected to its sky.
Sol 6.1