كَأَبوَاءَlike an ailing she-goat مَنَّتshe promised نَفسَهاherself البُرءَrecovery بَعدَماafter
كَأَبوَاءَ مَنَّت نَفسَها البُرءَ بَعدَما
حَسَتshe sipped مِنfrom فُضُولِthe remnants of الغُدرِthe pools نَقعَcollected water الهَمائِمِthe rain showers
حَسَت مِن فُضُولِ الغُدرِ نَقعَ الهَمائِمِ
As with Abwāʾ, her own soul promised her recovery, after
Like an ailing she-goat that promised herself recovery after
she drank from the pools’ leftover waters and quenched her searing thirst.
She had sipped the rainwater left over in the pools.
