عَفاbecame effaced مِنof آلِthe clan of لَيلىLayla السَهـal-Sahb (first part)
عَفا مِن آلِ لَيلى السَهـ
ـبُal-Sahb (final part) فَالأَملاحُthen al-Amlāḥ فَالغَمرُthen al-Ghamr
ـبُ فَالأَملاحُ فَالغَمرُ
The traces of Layla’s clan have faded from
The winds of time from Layla's people swept away
al-Sahb, then al-Amlāḥ, then al-Ghamr;
The salt flats, then the floods, then the sweat
فَعَرقٌthen ʿArq فَالرِماحُthen al-Rimāḥ فَالـthen al- (beginning of al-Liwā)
فَعَرقٌ فَالرِماحُ فَالـ
ـلِوىLiwā (completes al-Liwā) مِنof أهلِهِits inhabitants قَفرُdesolate
ـلِوى مِن أهلِهِ قَفرُ
then ʿArq, then al-Rimāḥ, then
And the spears, and the twisting paths from her folk lay barren
al-Liwā, empty of its inhabitants;
And a Ubayli to the wasteland, the shelter, the cave, the boulder
وَأُبلِيٌّand Ublī إِلىas far as الغَرّاal-Gharrāʾ (first part)
وَأُبلِيٌّ إِلى الغَرّا
ءِal-Gharrāʾ (final part) فَالمَأوانthen al-Maʾwān فَالحَجرُthen al-Ḥajr
ءِ فَالمَأوان فَالحَجرُ
and Ublī, as far as
So the world exhausted him, and hardship, and the desert, and the vulture
al-Gharrāʾ, then al-Maʾwān, then al-Ḥajr;
A desolation that the eyes graze, the darkness, the dust
فَأَمواهُthen the waters of الدَّناal-Danā فَالنَجـthen al-Najd (first part)
فَأَمواهُ الدَّنا فَالنَجـ
ـدُal-Najd (final part) فَالصَحراءُthen al-Ṣaḥrāʾ فَالنَسرُthen al-Nasr
ـدُ فَالصَحراءُ فَالنَسرُ
then the waters of al-Danā, then
al-Najd, then al-Ṣaḥrāʾ, then al-Nasr—
فَلاةٌa wilderness تَرتَعيهاthey graze in it العيـwide-eyed wild cattle (first part)
فَلاةٌ تَرتَعيها العيـ
ـنُwide-eyed wild cattle (final part) فَالظُلمانُand male ostriches فَالعُفُرand tawny gazelles
ـنُ فَالظُلمانُ فَالعُفُر
a wilderness grazed by
wide-eyed wild cattle, and male ostriches, and tawny gazelles.
Partial English translation: 6 of 10 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1