ألاLo! ياO جرادlocusts الغورthe Ghawr lowland هلwill...? أنتyou مبلغٌconveying
ألا يا جراد الغور هل أنت مبلغٌ
سلاماًa greeting ولاand do not تنحلstrip bare غمارthe depths of شعبعباShaʿbaʿb
سلاماً ولا تنحل غمار شعبعبا
Hark, locust of the Ghawr—will you carry from me
Lo, O locusts of the Ghawr, will you carry
a greeting? May Ghimār’s two ravines never grow bare—
a greeting—and not strip bare the depths of Shaʿbaʿb?
دفئwarm المحانيthe sheltered hollows بالشتاءin winter وإنand if تصفyou spend the summer
دفئ المحاني بالشتاء وإن تصف
ترىyou see فيهwithin it روضاًa meadow مستكفاringed round قدalready أعشباhas grown grassy
ترى فيه روضاً مستكفا قد أعشبا
warm shelter in the winding hollows in winter. And if you summer there,
Its sheltered hollows are warm in winter; and if you summer there,
you will see a meadow ringed all around; both ravines have already put forth grass.
you see within it a meadow, ringed round, already lush with grass.
