نَبكيwe weep عَلىover دِمَنٍcampsite remains وَنؤيٍand a rainwater trench هامِدٍlifeless
نَبكي عَلى دِمَنٍ وَنؤيٍ هامِدٍ
وَجَواثِمٍand crouching hearthstones سُفعِblackened الخُدودِcheeks رَواكِدِmotionless
وَجَواثِمٍ سُفعِ الخُدودِ رَواكِدِ
We weep over ruined encampments and a lifeless tent-trench,
We weep over campsite remains and a lifeless rainwater trench,
and crouching hearthstones, black-cheeked and motionless,
And crouching hearthstones, black-cheeked and motionless,
عُرِّينَthey were stripped مِنof عقبِthe succession of القُدورِcooking pots وَأَهلِهاand their owners
عُرِّينَ مِن عقبِ القُدورِ وَأَهلِها
فَعَكَفنَso they stayed clustered بَعدَهُمُafter them بِهابٍaround ash لابَدِcompacted
فَعَكَفنَ بَعدَهُمُ بِهابٍ لابَدِ
left bare after the cooking pots and their owners,
Stripped of the pots that came in turn and of their owners.
then huddled, once they were gone, around clinging ash.
So after their departure, they stayed clustered round compacted ash.
فَوَقَينَهُso they shielded it عَبَثَthe play of الصِباthe east wind فَكأنَّهُso it seemed like
فَوَقَينَهُ عَبَثَ الصِبا فَكأنَّهُ
دَنِفٌa sick man يَرنُّpours out الدَمعَtears بَينَamong عَوائِدِwomen visiting the sick
دَنِفٌ يَرنُّ الدَمعَ بَينَ عَوائِدِ
They shielded it from the east wind’s sport, until it seemed
Thus they shielded it from the east wind's play, so it seemed like
a wasting invalid, whose tears ring out among women visiting the sick.
A sick man shedding tears among women visiting him.
Sol 6.1