بِلاحِبٍalong a broad, clear track كَمَقَدِّlike a strip cut from المعْنِhide وَعَّسَهُtrod it down
بِلاحِبٍ كَمَقَدِّ المعْنِ وَعَّسَهُ
أَيْدِيforefeet of المراسِلِswift she-camels فيduring رَوْحَاتِهاtheir afternoon journeys خُنفَاsplaying outward
أَيْدِي المراسِلِ في رَوْحَاتِها خُنفَا
Along a broad track like a strip of hide, trodden down
Without a lover, like the intensity of meaning that saddened him,
By the outward-splaying forefeet of swift she-camels on their afternoon journeys.
The hands of the messenger in her messages were delicate
Sol 6.1