وَعَونٍand mature females يُباكِرنَthey visit at dawn النَظيمَةَal-Nazimah مَربَعاًas a spring pasture
وَعَونٍ يُباكِرنَ النَظيمَةَ مَربَعاً
جَزَأَنَthey subsisted on forage without needing water فَلاso not يَشرَبنَthey drink إِلّاexcept النَقائِعاrainwater pools
جَزَأَنَ فَلا يَشرَبنَ إِلّا النَقائِعا
And mature females visit al-Nazimah at dawn for spring grazing.
With help they hasten to Najima in the morn
Sustained by fresh forage, they drink only from rainwater pools.
They divide it yet they drink not but from the springs
تَضَيَّفَنَهُthey lodged at it حَتّىuntil جَهدنَthey exhausted يَبيسَهُits dry herbage
تَضَيَّفَنَهُ حَتّى جَهدنَ يَبيسَهُ
وَآضَand became الفُراتُthe Euphrates قائِظاًin summer لَيسَnot جامِعاbringing together
وَآضَ الفُراتُ قائِظاً لَيسَ جامِعا
They lodged there until they exhausted its dry herbage.
They drain it till they exhaust its flowing
And the Euphrates entered summer, no longer a gathering place.
And the Euphrates remains, not joining fully
Sol 6.1