سَارِيَةٌA night-traveling cloud خَفَّاقَةُfluttering الْجَناحِthe wing
سَارِيَةٌ خَفَّاقَةُ الْجَناحِ
تُواصِلُIt joins الْغُدُوَّmorning travel بِالرَّوَاحِwith evening travel
تُواصِلُ الْغُدُوَّ بِالرَّوَاحِ
A night-traveling cloud, its wing aflutter,
It joins its morning journey to its evening journey.
تَبِيتُIt spends the night فِيin مَهْدٍa cradle مِنَof الْبِطَاحِthe broad plains
تَبِيتُ فِي مَهْدٍ مِنَ الْبِطَاحِ
باكِيَةٌWeeping بِمَدْمَعٍwith a tearful eye سَفَّاحِpouring forth
باكِيَةٌ بِمَدْمَعٍ سَفَّاحِ
It spends the night in a cradle of broad plains,
Weeping, with an eye that pours out tears,
ضَحَّاكَةًMuch given to laughter كَثِيرَةَmuch given to النُّوَاحِwailing
ضَحَّاكَةً كَثِيرَةَ النُّوَاحِ
مَنْشُورَةًSpread out فيin الأُفْقِthe horizon كَالْوِشاَحِlike a sash
مَنْشُورَةً في الأُفْقِ كَالْوِشاَحِ
Much given to laughter, much given to wailing,
Spread across the horizon like a sash,
تَحْمِلُهَاbear it كَوَاهِلُthe shoulders الرِّيَاحِof the winds
تَحْمِلُهَا كَوَاهِلُ الرِّيَاحِ
The shoulders of the winds bear it.