لِمَنwhose رَبعٌa dwelling-site بذاتِat Dhat الجيـal-Jay- (beginning of al-Jaysh)
لِمَن رَبعٌ بذاتِ الجيـ
ـشِ-sh (completion of al-Jaysh) أمسَىhas become دارِساًeffaced خَلَقَاworn-out
ـشِ أمسَى دارِساً خَلَقَا
Whose is the dwelling at Dhat al-Jaysh,
now effaced and worn?
وَقَفتُI stood بِهِby it أُسائِلُهُquestioning it
وَقَفتُ بِهِ أُسائِلُهُ
وَمَرَّتand passed عِيسُهُمtheir pale camels حِزَقاin bands
وَمَرَّت عِيسُهُم حِزَقا
I stood by it, questioning it,
and their pale camels passed in bands.
عَلَواthey ascended بكَwith you ظاهِرthe open expanse of البَيداthe desert (word begins here)
عَلَوا بكَ ظاهِر البَيدا
ءِcompletion of the word 'desert' والمحزُونُand the grief-stricken one قَدhad قَلِقاgrown restless
ءِ والمحزُونُ قَد قَلِقا
They ascended with you onto the desert's open expanse,
while the grief-stricken one had grown restless.
تَنَكَّرَbecame unrecognizable بعدَafter ساكِنِهِits dweller
تَنَكَّرَ بعدَ ساكِنِهِ
فَأمسَىso became أهلُهُits people فِرَقاscattered groups
فَأمسَى أهلُهُ فِرَقا
It grew unrecognizable after its dweller departed,
so its people became scattered groups.