كَمhow many لِلمَنازِلِfor the dwellings مِنof شَهرٍa month وَأَعوامِand years
كَم لِلمَنازِلِ مِن شَهرٍ وَأَعوامِ
بِالمُنحَنىat the bend بَينَbetween أَنهارٍrivers وَآجامِand thickets
بِالمُنحَنى بَينَ أَنهارٍ وَآجامِ
How many months and years the dwellings have seen,
How many months and years have passed
At the bend, between rivers and thickets!
By the winding river and hillsides steep
مَضىhave passed ثَلاثُthree سِنينٍyears مُنذُsince حُلَّhabitation took place بِهاin them
مَضى ثَلاثُ سِنينٍ مُنذُ حُلَّ بِها
وَعامَand the year حُلَّتthey were inhabited وَهَذاand this التابِعُthe following الخاميthe fifth
وَعامَ حُلَّت وَهَذا التابِعُ الخامي
Three years have passed since they were inhabited,
Three years have passed since first I arrived
Plus the year of their habitation; this following year is the fifth.
Another year has come and gone, the last to keep