تُرابُdust الشِّعْبِof the ravine كافورُcamphor
تُرابُ الشِّعْبِ كافورُ
وسُكَّانُand the dwellers اللِّوىof al-Liwā (the winding sands) حُورُhouris
وسُكَّانُ اللِّوى حُورُ
The ravine’s dust is camphor,
The people's soil is camphor
and al-Liwā’s dwellers are houris.
And the dwellers of the valley are nymphs
لقدindeed أفْلَحَhas prospered مَنْthe one who خُطَّwas written
لقد أفْلَحَ مَنْ خُطَّ
لهfor him بالوصلِfor union مَنْشورُa decree
له بالوصلِ مَنْشورُ
Truly fortunate is he for whom was written
Indeed, he who drafted
a decree granting union.
For him the edict of reunion has succeeded