سَقَى وَارِداتٍ وَالقَلِيبَ وَلَعْلعا

سَقَى وَارِداتٍ وَالقَلِيبَ وَلَعْلعا

مُلِثٌّ سِماكِيٌّ فَهَضْبَةَ أيْهَبَا

مُلِثٌّ سِماكِيٌّ فَهَضْبَةَ أيْهَبَا

Wāridāt, al-Qalīb, and Laʿlaʿ were watered

He watered the maidens and the heart was stirred

by a lingering Simāk raincloud, which then watered the plateau of Ayhab.

A fleshy, sturdy youth then roamed the dunes

فَمَرَّ على الخَبْتَينِ خَبْتَيْ عُنَيْزَةٍ

فَمَرَّ على الخَبْتَينِ خَبْتَيْ عُنَيْزَةٍ

فَذَاتِ النِّقاعِ فانْتَحَى وَتَصَوَّبا

فَذَاتِ النِّقاعِ فانْتَحَى وَتَصَوَّبا

Then it passed over the two lowlands—the two lowlands of ʿUnayzah—

He passed by two low rises in Unayzah

then over Dhāt al-Niqāʿ; then it veered and descended.

With prominent hips then straightened and drew near

فَلَمّا تَدَلّى مِنْ أعالِي طَمِيّةٍ

فَلَمّا تَدَلّى مِنْ أعالِي طَمِيّةٍ

أبَسَّتْ بِهِ رِيحُ الصَّبا فَتَحَلَّبا

أبَسَّتْ بِهِ رِيحُ الصَّبا فَتَحَلَّبا

Then, when it hung down from the heights of Ṭamiyyah,

When he descended from lofty Tamiyyah’s heights

the east wind coaxed it, and it let its milk flow.

The north wind tousled him, so he wavered