فلولاso, were it not for ابنَةُdaughter العَبْسيِّal-ʿAbsī لَمْdid not تَلْقَencounter ناقَتيmy she-camel
فلولا ابنَةُ العَبْسيِّ لَمْ تَلْقَ ناقَتي
كُلاَلاًexhaustion ولمand did not تُوضِعْhasten إلىtoward غيرother than مُوْضَعِa proper place
كُلاَلاً ولم تُوضِعْ إلى غير مُوْضَعِ
Had it not been for al-ʿAbsī’s daughter, my she-camel would not have suffered
exhaustion, nor hastened toward an unsuitable place.
فَتِلْكَso that woman التيwho إنْif تُمْسِspends the evening بالجُرْفِat al-Jurf دارُهاher home
فَتِلْكَ التي إنْ تُمْسِ بالجُرْفِ دارُها
وأُمسِand I spend the evening بِخَزبيat Khazbā تُمْسِspends the evening ذِكْرَتُهَاthe memory of her معيwith me
وأُمسِ بِخَزبي تُمْسِ ذِكْرَتُهَا معي
For she is the one: if her home is at al-Jurf at dusk,
and I spend the evening at Khazbā, her memory spends it with me.
Translation model: Sol 6.1