كَأَنَّas though حَريقاًa fire ثاقِباًbrightly blazing فيin أَباءَةٍa reed-bed
كَأَنَّ حَريقاً ثاقِباً في أَباءَةٍ
هَديرُهُماthe pair’s roar بِالسَبسَبِon the open plain المُتَماحِلِfar-stretching
هَديرُهُما بِالسَبسَبِ المُتَماحِلِ
As though a piercing blaze within a cane-thicket
As though a brightly blazing fire in a reed-bed
Were the roar of the two across the parched open plain—
were the pair’s roar on the far-stretching plain.
فَرابِيَةُand the hill التَأويلِal-Ta’wil فيat كُلevery نُهزَةٍopportunity
فَرابِيَةُ التَأويلِ في كُل نُهزَةٍ
إِلىtoward بَحَراتِbroad flats الحَبلthe sand ridge مِنهُof it الغَياطِلِdensely wooded
إِلى بَحَراتِ الحَبل مِنهُ الغَياطِلِ
Thus looming larger in conjecture with every surge
And al-Ta’wil’s hill, at every opportunity,
Toward the ridge’s broad hollows and its dense, dark thickets.
toward its sand ridge’s broad, densely wooded flats.
