وَأَعرَجَand a lame man يَأتيناcomes to us كَظِلِّlike the shadow of نَعامَةٍan ostrich
وَأَعرَجَ يَأتينا كَظِلِّ نَعامَةٍ
يَقومُhe stands عَلىat الأَبوابِthe doors فيin السَبَراتِthe spells of bitter cold
يَقومُ عَلى الأَبوابِ في السَبَراتِ
And a lame man comes to us like an ostrich’s shadow;
He came limping like the shadow of an ostrich,
he stands at the doors in the bitter cold.
Standing at the doors in the times before dawn.