ولو ألحقتناهم وفينا بلولة

ولو ألحقتناهم وفينا بلولة

وفيهن واليوم العبوري شامس

وفيهن واليوم العبوري شامس

And had you brought us up with them while some vigor remained in us,

Had we caught up with them, though we were but few

and in them, while the day of Sirius blazed,

And the day was hot and bright, not quite through,

لما آب عكاشاً مع القوم معبد

لما آب عكاشاً مع القوم معبد

وأمسى وقد تسفي عليه الروامس

وأمسى وقد تسفي عليه الروامس

Maʿbad would not have returned to ʿAkāsh with the men,

He would not have turned back and left, distraught,

but would have reached evening with the winds blowing dust over him.

As darkness fell and mournful signs took root.