مَبيتُناour night's lodging جانِبُthe side of البَطحاءِal-Bathāʾ مِنfrom شَرَفٍhigh ground
مَبيتُنا جانِبُ البَطحاءِ مِن شَرَفٍ
لِحافُناour covering دونَagainst وَقعِthe falling of القَطرِthe rain جِلبابُa cloak
لِحافُنا دونَ وَقعِ القَطرِ جِلبابُ
Our night's lodging was beside al-Bathāʾ, on high ground.
Our night's stay by the desert plain was one of nobility
Our cover against the falling rain was a cloak,
Our blanket below the patter of raindrops a cloak
مُبَطَّنٌlined بِكِساءِwith cloth of القَزِّsilk لَيسَnot لَناfor us
مُبَطَّنٌ بِكِساءِ القَزِّ لَيسَ لَنا
إِلّاexcept الوَليدَةَthe slave girl وَالنَعلَينِand the two sandals أَصحابُcompanions
إِلّا الوَليدَةَ وَالنَعلَينِ أَصحابُ
Lined with silk cloth; we had no
Lined with silk, we own nothing
Companions but the slave girl and the two sandals.
Except for the mare and the two sandals, companions
ثُمَّthen المَطِيَّةُthe mount بِالبَطحاءِat al-Bathāʾ يَضرِبُهاlashes it
ثُمَّ المَطِيَّةُ بِالبَطحاءِ يَضرِبُها
واهيloose العُرىthe bonds مِنfrom نَجاءِthe swift motion of الدَلوِthe bucket سَكّابُgushing abundantly
واهي العُرى مِن نَجاءِ الدَلوِ سَكّابُ
Then the mount at al-Bathāʾ was lashed
Then the tent rope in the plain, striking it
By a cloud with loosened bonds, gushing like a swiftly emptied bucket.
Feeble from the full bucket's pouring, drawer of water
Sol 6.1