أوor رواياwater-skins التُؤامal-Tuʾām فيin المهمهthe trackless wilderness القفـthe barren (continued)
أو روايا التُؤام في المهمه القفـ
ـرcompletion of “barren” تناولنthey drew water منfrom سراةthe crest العويراal-ʿUwayrā
ـر تناولن من سراة العويرا
Or the water-skins of al-Tuʾām in the barren wilderness,
The twins narrate the tale at dusk
drawing water from the crest of al-ʿUwayrā,
As they drink from the waters of Al-Uwaira
لفواقfor a brief interval عوداًagain وبدأand anew يبادرhasten (continued)
لفواق عوداً وبدأ يبادر
نthey (feminine-plural ending) رواياهits water-carriers أنlest يجفdry up الغديراthe pool
ن رواياه أن يجف الغديرا
for a brief spell, again and anew, racing
They gathered firewood and started
its water-carriers before the pool runs dry.
To think how the ponds might dry
يتبادرنthey race one another بالرواءwith thirst quenched منfrom الشربdrinking
يتبادرن بالرواء من الشرب
أمامbefore القلوبal-Qulūb عيراًa wild ass فعيراthen another wild ass
أمام القلوب عيراً فعيرا
They hurry from drinking, their thirst quenched,
They compete in drawing water
before al-Qulūb, one wild ass after another.
Emptying pond after pond
كلeach صادthirsty one كأنas though بالجلدon the hide منهof it
كل صاد كأن بالجلد منه
حصفاًa heat rash أوor تخالهyou think it مجدوراsmallpox-stricken
حصفاً أو تخاله مجدورا
Each thirsty one seems to have on its hide
Each drawer as though his skin
a rash, or you would think it pox-stricken,
Bore scratches or seemed tattooed
فيin أساقwaterskins لمnot يغدgo forth at dawn فيهاin them الوليداthe two lads (continued)
في أساق لم يغد فيها الوليدا
نdual ending of “lads” ولمand not يُعكمhelp to load الأجيرthe hired hand الأجيراthe hired hand
ن ولم يُعكم الأجير الأجيرا
in waterskins with which the two lads never went forth at dawn,
On legs where no baby was born
nor did one hired hand help another load them.
Or hired hand hired
لمnot تسددset right لهاfor them الخوالقthe hide-shapers بالأمسon the previous day
لم تسدد لها الخوالق بالأمس
ولمand not تقددcut into strips الفواريthe leather-cutters السيوراthe straps
ولم تقدد الفواري السيورا
No hide-shapers readied them yesterday,
Whose wrists were not adorned yesterday
nor did leather-cutters cut the straps.
Or graced with bracelets
Sol 6.1