قيدهاhas tethered them الجَهدexhaustion ولمthough not تُقيدّbe tethered
قيدها الجَهد ولم تُقيدّ
فهيso they are سَوامٍgrazing beasts كالقناlike spears المسنّدpropped up
فهي سَوامٍ كالقنا المسنّد
Exhaustion has tethered them, though they were not tethered.
So they are grazing beasts, like propped-up spears.
ومالهاand they have no معللanything to sustain them منfrom مِزودa provision-bag
ومالها معلل من مِزود
منهاof their own ولاnor منfrom شاحطٍa distant one مستبعدfar removed
منها ولا من شاحطٍ مستبعد
They have nothing to sustain them from a provision-bag,
Either one of their own or one remote and far away.