قِفاhalt, you two ساعَةًa while واِستَنطِقاand elicit speech, you two الرَسمَthe campsite's traces يَنطقِit will speak
قِفا ساعَةً واِستَنطِقا الرَسمَ يَنطقِ
بسوقَةَat Sūqah أَهوىAhwā (place name) أَوor ببُرقَةِat Burqat عَوهَقِʿAwhaq (place name)
بسوقَةَ أَهوى أَو ببُرقَةِ عَوهَقِ
Halt a while, you two, and bid the traces speak—they will speak,
Stand still awhile and question this drawing - it will speak
at Sūqat Ahwā, or at Burqat ʿAwhaq.
Of a beloved Suqat or a lightning Bu rqat
تَماشَتwandered عَلَيهِover it الريحُthe wind حَتّىuntil كَأَنَّهُas though it were
تَماشَت عَلَيهِ الريحُ حَتّى كَأَنَّهُ
عَصائبُstrips مَلبوسٍa worn garment مِنَof العَصبِstriped cloth مُخلِقِthreadbare
عَصائبُ مَلبوسٍ مِنَ العَصبِ مُخلِقِ
The wind wandered over them until they seemed like
The wind has moved over it until it seems
strips of a threadbare garment of striped cloth.
Like a worn headband made of tendon
Sol 6.1