وَيحَah! / alas! أمِّmother of (in an exclamation) دارٍa dwelling حَلَلناwe lodged بِهاin it
وَيحَ أمِّ دارٍ حَلَلنا بِها
بَينَbetween الثَّوِيَّةِal-Thawiyyah والمَردَمَهand al-Mardamah
بَينَ الثَّوِيَّةِ والمَردَمَه
What a dwelling we lodged in—
Ah, what a dwelling we lodged in,
between al-Thawiyya and al-Mardamah!
between al-Thawiyyah and al-Mardamah!
بَرِّيَّةٌa desert tract غُرِسَتwas planted فيin السَّوادِthe Sawad (cultivated land)
بَرِّيَّةٌ غُرِسَت في السَّوادِ
غَرسَthe planting of الَمضِيغَةٍthe lump of flesh فيin اللَّهزَمَهthe corner of the jaw
غَرسَ الَمضِيغَةٍ في اللَّهزَمَه
A desert tract planted in the Sawād,
A desert tract planted in the Sawad,
like a morsel lodged within the jaw;
like a lump of flesh embedded in the corner of the jaw.
لِسَانٌa tongue لِعُربَةَof Arabah ذُوpossessing وَلغَةٍa lap with the tongue
لِسَانٌ لِعُربَةَ ذُو وَلغَةٍ
تَوَلَّعَgrew fond فيin الرِّيفِthe fertile countryside بِالهَندَمَهof foreign babble
تَوَلَّعَ في الرِّيفِ بِالهَندَمَه
an Arabian tongue that acquired a taste,
A tongue of Arabah, lapping,
and, amid the fertile countryside, grew enamored of elegance.
has grown fond of foreign babble in the fertile countryside.
