Sol 6.1

  1. It summoned us to a night journey in Rajab,

    whose lightning revealed the dark mass of towering storm clouds.

  2. Its southern flank drifted toward the valley bends of Bisha,

    while its northern flank rose over Sharawra and Azlam.

  3. And we journeyed with gentle, dew-fresh delight,

    that draws the white-footed ibex of Yasum down to the plain.

  4. They called to one another in the murky darkness, and forward were brought

    sturdy she-camels that had piled up fat year upon year.

  5. They crop the sa'dan of al-Abahir in the dew,

    and lavender's flower-clusters and thickly clumped nasi grass.

  6. And if she crops it, it bends in a dense mass, as though

    it were warp laid by women among the weavers of Khath'am.

Sol 6.1