حَرَّقَهاscorched them حَمْضُsalty herbage بِلادٍlands فَلِّbarren
حَرَّقَها حَمْضُ بِلادٍ فَلِّ
وَغَتْمُand the stifling heat نَجْمٍof a star غَيْرَnot مُسْتَقِلِّrisen high
وَغَتْمُ نَجْمٍ غَيْرَ مُسْتَقِلِّ
The salty herbage of barren lands has scorched them,
and the stifling heat of a star not yet risen high,
فَماso ... not تَكادُalmost نِيبُهاtheir old she-camels تُوَلِّيturn away
فَما تَكادُ نِيبُها تُوَلِّي
so their old she-camels can scarcely turn away.
Sol 6.1