عَفاhas fallen desolate الرَسُّal-Rass وَالعَلياءُand al-ʿAlyāʾ مِنbereft of أُمِّUmm (mother of) مالِكٍMālik
عَفا الرَسُّ وَالعَلياءُ مِن أُمِّ مالِكٍ
فَبَركٌand Bark فَواديand the valley of واسِطٍWāsiṭ فَمُنيمُand Munīm
فَبَركٌ فَوادي واسِطٍ فَمُنيمُ
Al-Rass and al-ʿAlyāʾ lie desolate, bereft of Umm Mālik,
And Bark, and the valley of Wāsiṭ, and Munīm.
تَبَدَّلَتِthey have taken in exchange الحُقبَthe white-bellied wild asses القَوافِلَthe gaunt ones كَالقَناlike spears
تَبَدَّلَتِ الحُقبَ القَوافِلَ كَالقَنا
لَهُنَّthey have بِغُلّانِin the wooded valleys of الشُرَيفِal-Shurayf نَحيمُa braying
لَهُنَّ بِغُلّانِ الشُرَيفِ نَحيمُ
In her stead they harbor white-bellied wild asses, gaunt as spears,
Whose braying sounds in the wooded valleys of al-Shurayf.
تَعَرَّضنَthey drew near وَاِستَسمَعنَand listened closely أَصواتَthe voices of سامِرٍa gathering conversing by night
تَعَرَّضنَ وَاِستَسمَعنَ أَصواتَ سامِرٍ
عَلىby الماءِthe water مِنof غَرقىsubmerged ones (frogs) لَهُنَّthey have نَئيمُa faint croaking
عَلى الماءِ مِن غَرقى لَهُنَّ نَئيمُ
They drew near and listened closely to the voices of night-talkers
By the water—submerged frogs, softly croaking.
فَماso not وِردُهاtheir coming to water إِلّاexcept إِذاwhen ماan emphatic particle تَعَرَّضَتappeared
فَما وِردُها إِلّا إِذا ما تَعَرَّضَت
نُجومٌstars عَلىon آثارِهِنَّtheir tracks نُجومُstars
نُجومٌ عَلى آثارِهِنَّ نُجومُ
They come to water only when there appear
Stars, with other stars following in their wake.
Sol 6.1