فَسيريso journey on وَاِشرَبيand drink بِبَناتِat Banāt قَينٍQayn
فَسيري وَاِشرَبي بِبَناتِ قَينٍ
وَماand not لَكِfor you بِالسَماوَةِin al-Samāwah مِنany مَعادِplace of return
وَما لَكِ بِالسَماوَةِ مِن مَعادِ
So journey on, and drink at Banāt Qayn;
So journey on and drink at Banāt Qayn,
there is no return for you to al-Samāwa.
and you have no place to return to in al-Samāwah.
رَعَينَthey grazed الحَمضَthe saltwort حَمضَsaltwort of خُناصِراتٍKhunāṣirāt
رَعَينَ الحَمضَ حَمضَ خُناصِراتٍ
بِماwith what فيin القُرعِal-Qurʿ مِنof سَبَلِrainfall of الغَواديthe morning clouds
بِما في القُرعِ مِن سَبَلِ الغَوادي
The she-camels grazed the saltbush—the saltbush of Khunāṣirāt—
They grazed on saltwort, the saltwort of Khunāṣirāt,
along with what lay in the bare tracts, fed by the morning rainclouds’ showers.
watered by the rain of morning clouds in al-Qurʿ.
كَأَنَّas though مَواقِعَperches of الصِردانِthe shrikes مِنهاupon them
كَأَنَّ مَواقِعَ الصِردانِ مِنها
مَناراتٌbeacons بُنينَwere built عَلىon جَمادِbarren ground
مَناراتٌ بُنينَ عَلى جَمادِ
As though the spots upon them where shrikes perched
As though the shrikes’ perches upon them
were beacon-towers built on solid rock.
were beacons built on barren ground.
