وَريَطْةِ فتيان كخاطف ظله

وَريَطْةِ فتيان كخاطف ظله

جعلت لهم منا خِباءً ممدَّدا

جعلت لهم منا خِباءً ممدَّدا

And a band of young men, like one snatching at his shadow—

And a group of young men like the snatching of their shade

I made of us a tent stretched wide for them.

You have made for them tents stretched out from us