عَهديmy last recollection بِهِمof them وَسَرابُand the mirage البيدِthe deserts مُنصَدِعٌsplitting apart
عَهدي بِهِم وَسَرابُ البيدِ مُنصَدِعٌ
عَنهُمaway from them وَقَدand already نَزَلواthey descended ذاpossessing لُجَّةٍdeep water صَخِباclamorous
عَنهُم وَقَد نَزَلوا ذا لُجَّةٍ صَخِبا
I last saw them with the desert mirage splitting apart
My covenant with them was like a mirage in the desert,
from them, as they descended into its clamorous depths,
Vanishing, when they went down into the rugged valley.
مُشَمِّراًwith its garment tucked up بارِزَbare الساقَينِthe two shins مُنكَفِتاًhastening away
مُشَمِّراً بارِزَ الساقَينِ مُنكَفِتاً
كَأَنَّهُas though it خافَfeared مِنfrom أَعدائِهِits enemies طَلَباpursuit
كَأَنَّهُ خافَ مِن أَعدائِهِ طَلَبا
its garment tucked up, its two shins bare, hastening away,
Hitching up his skirt, he walks with legs bare
as though it feared pursuit by its enemies.
As though fearing his enemies' pursuit.
وَقَدand already رَمواthey cast aside بِهِضابِwith the hills الحَزنِal-Hazn ذايَسَرٍto the left
وَقَد رَموا بِهِضابِ الحَزنِ ذايَسَرٍ
وَخَلَّفواand they left behind بَعدُafterward عَنoff to أَيمانِهمtheir right sides شَرَباSharab
وَخَلَّفوا بَعدُ عَن أَيمانِهم شَرَبا
And they had cast the hills of al-Hazn to their left,
Yet they shot the arrows of sorrow at him from the right,
and afterward left Sharab behind, off to their right.
And after their vows, left him thirsty.