رأيتُI saw عمامةthe turban الزّقموطof al-Zaqmut مهماwhenever
رأيتُ عمامة الزّقموط مهما
رآهاsee it العالمونthe people يقُبّبوهاthey make a dome of it
رآها العالمون يقُبّبوها
I saw al-Zaqmut’s turban: whenever
I saw the dove's turban wherever
people see it, they make a dome of it.
People saw it, they kissed it
تُشابهُresembles منهُon him خيمةa tent ذيone with ارتحالtravel
تُشابهُ منهُ خيمة ذي ارتحال
متىwhenever نزلواthey alight بأرضon some land يضرُبوهاthey pitch it
متى نزلوا بأرض يضرُبوها
On him, it resembles a traveler’s tent,
It resembles the tent of a nomad
which they pitch whenever they alight on some land.
Whenever they descend upon a land, they pitch it