فَإِنso if تَكُshe be حُلَّتreleased فَالشِعابُthen the ravines كَثيرَةٌmany
فَإِن تَكُ حُلَّت فَالشِعابُ كَثيرَةٌ
وَقَدand already نَهِلَتdrank her first draught مِنهاfrom them قَلوصيmy young she-camel وَعَلَّتِand drank again
وَقَد نَهِلَت مِنها قَلوصي وَعَلَّتِ
So if she has been released, the ravines are many;
And my young she-camel has drunk from them, and drunk again.
أُريدُI seek لِأَنسىto forget ذِكرَهاher memory فَكَأَنَّماyet it is as though
أُريدُ لِأَنسى ذِكرَها فَكَأَنَّما
تُمَثَّلُis made to appear ليto me لَيلىLayla عَلىupon كُلِّevery مَرقَبِlookout
تُمَثَّلُ لي لَيلى عَلى كُلِّ مَرقَبِ
I seek to forget her memory, yet it is as though
Layla were made to appear to me upon every lookout.
Sol 6.1