لمستمطرindeed, a shelter from rain بالرملin the sands فيin بيتa tent حرةa freeborn woman
لمستمطر بالرمل في بيت حرة
هجانof pure lineage بحبلon a sandy ridge ذيbearing ألاءalāʾ (a desert shrub) وعرفجand ʿarfaj (a desert shrub)
هجان بحبل ذي ألاء وعرفج
Indeed, a sandy declivity, where stands the tent of a freeborn woman,
Indeed, a shelter from rain in the sands, in the tent of a freeborn woman,
noble and purebred, beside a ridge clothed in alāʾ trees and ʿarfaj shrubs,
of pure lineage, on a sandy ridge bearing alāʾ and ʿarfaj shrubs,
تخورlow بهin it الغزلانthe gazelles كلevery عشيةevening
تخور به الغزلان كل عشية
الىto كلeach خشفfawn كالسوارlike a bracelet وتخرجand emerge
الى كل خشف كالسوار وتخرج
where every evening the gazelles call plaintively
where gazelles low every evening
to every bracelet-fair fawn, then venture forth,
to each fawn, like a bracelet, and emerge,
أحبdearer إليناto us منthan قراقيرlarge ships ساحلa riverbank
أحب إلينا من قراقير ساحل
بدجلةon the Tigris أوor قصرa palace ببغدادin Baghdad مرتجshut fast
بدجلة أو قصر ببغداد مرتج
is dearer to us than the great boats by a bank
is dearer to us than great ships along the bank
of the Tigris, or a bolted palace in Baghdad.
of the Tigris, or a palace in Baghdad, shut fast.
