وَعُونٍand mature cows يُباَكرنَthey visit early النَّظِيمَةَal-Naẓīmah مَربعَاas a spring pasture
وَعُونٍ يُباَكرنَ النَّظِيمَةَ مَربعَا
جَزَأنَthey were satisfied by herbage’s moisture فلاso not يَشرَبنَthey drink إلاَّexcept النَّقائِعاthe rainwater pools
جَزَأنَ فلا يَشرَبنَ إلاَّ النَّقائِعا
And mature cows visit al-Naẓīmah at dawn for spring grazing.
Content with the moisture of herbage, they drink only from rainwater pools.
تَضَيَّفنَهُthey visited it as guests حتَّىuntil جَهَدنَthey exhausted يَبيسَهُits dry herbage
تَضَيَّفنَهُ حتَّى جَهَدنَ يَبيسَهُ
وآضَand returned الفُراتُthe Euphrates قائِظاًin its summer state لَيسَnot جامِعاgathering water
وآضَ الفُراتُ قائِظاً لَيسَ جامِعا
They were its guests until they exhausted its dry herbage.
And the Euphrates returned to its summer flow, no longer gathering water.