تَأَطَّرنَthey bent بِالميناءِat al-Mīnāʾ ثُمَّthen جَزَعنَهُthey crossed it
تَأَطَّرنَ بِالميناءِ ثُمَّ جَزَعنَهُ
وَقَدwhile indeed لَحَّpersisted مِنfrom أَحمالِهِنَّtheir loads شُجونُsorrows
وَقَد لَحَّ مِن أَحمالِهِنَّ شُجونُ
They bent their course at al-Mīnāʾ, then crossed it,
Framed by the harbor, then laid bare,
while sorrows from their loads lingered.
Burdened down by their sorrow.