دورٌdwellings عَفَتfell into ruin بِقُرَىin the villages of الخابُورِthe Khabur غَيَّرَهاaltered them
دورٌ عَفَت بِقُرَى الخابُورِ غَيَّرَها
بعدَafter الأنيسthe inhabitants سَوافيdrifting sands الرِّيحof the wind والمَطَرُand the rain
بعدَ الأنيس سَوافي الرِّيح والمَطَرُ
Dwellings in the Khabur's villages lie ruined, altered
after their people departed, by windblown sands and rain.
إنif تُمسِshould become دارُكَyour home ممنof those who كانused to يَسكُنُهاdwell in it
إن تُمسِ دارُكَ ممن كان يَسكُنُها
وحشاًdesolate فذلكَthen that is صَرَفُthe vicissitudes الدهرِof time والقَدَرُand fate
وحشاً فذلكَ صَرَفُ الدهرِ والقَدَرُ
If your home, bereft of those who dwelt in it, becomes
desolate—such are the vicissitudes of time and fate.
وقدand once تَحِلُّwould dwell بهاin it بيضٌwhite ترائِبُهاtheir upper chests
وقد تَحِلُّ بها بيضٌ ترائِبُها
كأنَّهاas though they were بينَamong كُثبانِdunes of النَّقاthe white sand البَقَرُthe wild cattle
كأنَّها بينَ كُثبانِ النَّقا البَقَرُ
And women with white bosoms once dwelt there,
like wild cattle amid dunes of white sand.
Sol 6.1