تَقولُsays اِبنَتيmy daughter أَلهىdistracted أَبيmy father حُبُّlove أَرضِهِhis land
تَقولُ اِبنَتي أَلهى أَبي حُبُّ أَرضِهِ
وَأَعجَبَهُand delighted him إِلفٌfamiliarity لَهاwith it وَلُزومُهاand staying there
وَأَعجَبَهُ إِلفٌ لَها وَلُزومُها
My daughter says, "Love of his land has distracted my father,
And familiarity with it and staying there have delighted him."
بَلrather أَلهىdistracted أَباهاher father أَنَّهُthat he فيamong عِصابَةٍa band
بَل أَلهى أَباها أَنَّهُ في عِصابَةٍ
بِرَهمانَat Rahmān أَمسىhas come to be لاnot يُعادُis visited سَقيمُهاtheir sick one
بِرَهمانَ أَمسى لا يُعادُ سَقيمُها
Rather, what distracted her father was that he was among a band
At Rahmān, where their sick now go unvisited.
تَساقَواgave one another drink بِماءٍwith water مِنfrom بِلادٍa land كَأَنَّهُas though it were
تَساقَوا بِماءٍ مِن بِلادٍ كَأَنَّهُ
دِماءُblood الأَفاعيthe vipers لاnot يُبِلُّrecovers سَليمُهاone bitten by them
دِماءُ الأَفاعي لا يُبِلُّ سَليمُها
They shared a drink of water from a land, as though it were
Vipers' blood—those they bite do not recover—
مُجاجاتِspittle حَيّاتٍsnakes إِذاwhen شَرِبواthey drank بِهاof it
مُجاجاتِ حَيّاتٍ إِذا شَرِبوا بِها
سَماrose فيهُمُwithin them سُوارُهاtheir fierce surge وَهَميمُهاand their creeping
سَما فيهُمُ سُوارُها وَهَميمُها
Spittle of snakes: when they drank of it,
The snakes' fierce surge and creeping rose within them.