وَعُونٍand herds of wild asses يُباَكرنَgo early to النَّظِيمَةَal-Naẓīma مَربعَاas a spring pasture
وَعُونٍ يُباَكرنَ النَّظِيمَةَ مَربعَا
جَزَأنَthey needed no water after grazing فلاso not يَشرَبنَthey drink إلاَّexcept النَّقائِعاpools of standing water
جَزَأنَ فلا يَشرَبنَ إلاَّ النَّقائِعا
And herds of wild asses go early to al-Naẓīma, their spring pasture.
With helpers who rise early for well-knit verses
Sated by fresh herbage, they drink only from standing pools.
Two parts that drink only of pure water
تَضَيَّفنَهُthey lodged at it حتَّىuntil جَهَدنَthey exhausted يَبيسَهُits dry grass
تَضَيَّفنَهُ حتَّى جَهَدنَ يَبيسَهُ
وآضَand became الفُراتُthe Euphrates قائِظاًpassing the summer لَيسَis not جامِعاfull of water
وآضَ الفُراتُ قائِظاً لَيسَ جامِعا
They lodged there until they exhausted its dry grass,
Playing host to it until its aridity wearies them
And the Euphrates entered summer, no longer full.
While the Euphrates flows, biting, not unifying