سَرىtraveled by night لَكَto you طَيفٌa dream-vision مِنfrom سُلَيمَةَSulayma بَعدَماafter
سَرى لَكَ طَيفٌ مِن سُلَيمَةَ بَعدَما
هَداgrew still ساهِرُthe wakeful one السُمّارِthe night-talkers لَيلاًat night فَأَعتَماand entered the late night
هَدا ساهِرُ السُمّارِ لَيلاً فَأَعتَما
A vision of Sulayma came to you by night, after
the wakeful one among the night-talkers had grown still, late into the night.
أَلَمَّvisited بِحَسرىupon weary travelers بَينَamong حَسرىweary mounts تَوَسَّدواthey made pillows of
أَلَمَّ بِحَسرى بَينَ حَسرى تَوَسَّدوا
مَذارِعَforelegs أَنضاءٍexhausted mounts تَجافَينَthey lay apart سُهَّماgaunt
مَذارِعَ أَنضاءٍ تَجافَينَ سُهَّما
It visited weary travelers amid weary mounts, who pillowed their heads on
the forelegs of exhausted mounts, gaunt and lying apart.
فَبِتناso we spent the night كَأَنَّas though العَنبَرَambergris البَحتَpure بَينَناbetween us
فَبِتنا كَأَنَّ العَنبَرَ البَحتَ بَينَنا
وَبالَةَand a perfume-bale تَجرٍof merchants فارُهاits musk-pouch قَدalready تَخَرَّماsplit open
وَبالَةَ تَجرٍ فارُها قَد تَخَرَّما
So we spent the night as though pure ambergris lay between us,
and a merchants’ perfume-bale whose musk-pouch had split open.
Translation model: Sol 6.1