والبسand put on لتلكfor that ثيابthe robes of كلِّevery دنّةٍcrow
والبس لتلك ثياب كلِّ دنّةٍ
سوداًblack وأحيِand hasten إلىtoward الشميطthe mottled dawn الأبلقِthe piebald
سوداً وأحيِ إلى الشميط الأبلقِ
And for that, put on the robes of every crow,
Put on the garb of every lowly one,
black, and hasten toward the mottled, piebald dawn,
In somber black approach the shrewd and artful,
بالعيشجورon the sturdy she-camel كأننيas though I وقتودهاand her saddle-bows
بالعيشجور كأنني وقتودها
بالسهبin the open plain فوقupon سراةthe back of أزعرsparsely feathered نقنقa male ostrich
بالسهب فوق سراة أزعر نقنق
on the sturdy she-camel, as though I and her saddle-bows
With oleander like I am their firebrand
were, in the open plain, upon a sparsely feathered male ostrich’s back,
In the wilderness above a rugged cliff,
أوor فوقupon طاويةlean الحشاthe belly رمليةsand-dwelling
أو فوق طاوية الحشا رملية
إنif تَدنُshe approaches منnear فَنَنa branch الألاءَةthe alāʾa tree تَعلُقِshe browses
إن تَدنُ من فَنَن الألاءَة تَعلُقِ
or upon a lean-bellied, sand-dwelling female ostrich:
Or above a sandy, barren depression -
if she nears a branch of the alāʾa tree, she browses on it.
If you draw near the tents of the protected folk.
Sol 6.1