أَلاalas ذَهَبَdeparted الحُلاّلُthose who encamp فيin القَفَراتthe barren wastes
أَلا ذَهَبَ الحُلاّلُ في القَفَرات
وَمَنand whoever يَملأُfills الجَفناتِthe large bowls فيin الجَحَراتِthe years of dearth
وَمَن يَملأُ الجَفناتِ في الجَحَراتِ
Alas, those who camp in the barren wastes are gone,
The polished have gone forth into the wastes,
And he who fills the bowls in years of dearth,
Who then shall quench their thirst in the pits?
وَمَنand whoever يُرجِعُbrings back الرُمحَthe spear الأَصمَّsolid كُعوبُهُits joints
وَمَن يُرجِعُ الرُمحَ الأَصمَّ كُعوبُهُ
عَليهِupon it دِماءُblood القَومِthe people كَالشَقِراتِlike red anemones
عَليهِ دِماءُ القَومِ كَالشَقِراتِ
And he who brings back the spear whose joints are solid,
Who shall return the stricken spear its barbs?
With the people's blood upon it, like red anemones.
Upon it is the people's blood like motes.
Sol 6.1