وصحراءَ رَدَّتها الظِّباءُ حفائراً

وصحراءَ رَدَّتها الظِّباءُ حفائراً

بأظلافها أَحسِن بها من حفائرِ

بأظلافها أَحسِن بها من حفائرِ

And a desert the gazelles turned into pits

The desert, turned inside out by wild does, is more lovely now

with their hooves—how lovely those pits are!

With hollows than when it was all one flat expanse;

فَهَبَّت رياحٌ للصيّا فطممنها

فَهَبَّت رياحٌ للصيّا فطممنها

بمسكٍ فعادت نُزهة للنواظر

بمسكٍ فعادت نُزهة للنواظر

Then winds—apparently from the east—blew and filled them

And when the east wind blows here clouds of sand,

with musk, and it became a delight for the eyes.

Sweet resin's fragrance overlays, and makes it fresh again.