أَدارَO dwelling of سُلَيمىSulayma بِالوَحيدَةِat al-Wahida فالغَمرِthen al-Ghamr
أَدارَ سُلَيمى بِالوَحيدَةِ فالغَمرِ
أَبينيtell plainly سَقاكِmay it water you القَطرُthe rain مِنas a مَنزِلٍdwelling قَفرِdeserted
أَبيني سَقاكِ القَطرُ مِن مَنزِلٍ قَفرِ
O dwelling of Sulayma at al-Wahida, then al-Ghamr,
Sulayma turned it with the lonely one in the sands
tell me—may the rain water you, deserted dwelling—
Show me the rain gave you drink from a barren abode
عَنabout الحَيِّthe clan أَنّىwhere وَجَّهواthey headed وَالنَوىand separation لَهاfor it
عَن الحَيِّ أَنّى وَجَّهوا وَالنَوى لَها
مُغيرٌa rope-twister بعَودَيهِwith his two sticks قِوىstrands مِرَّةٍa stout cord شَزرِtightly twisted
مُغيرٌ بعَودَيهِ قِوى مِرَّةٍ شَزرِ
about the clan: where did they head? And separation has
I care not how they directed the intent against the tribe
a rope-twister tightening, with his two sticks, the strands of a stout, tightly twisted cord.
A strong fire in its two fire sticks blazed once
Sol 6.1