وتُعْرَفُ إِنْ ضَلَّتْ فَتُهْدَى لِرَبِّهَا

وتُعْرَفُ إِنْ ضَلَّتْ فَتُهْدَى لِرَبِّهَا

لِمَوْضِعِ آلاتٍ مِنَ الطَّلْحِ أَرْبَعِ

لِمَوْضِعِ آلاتٍ مِنَ الطَّلْحِ أَرْبَعِ

And if she strays, she is recognized and led back to her owner,

She knows when she strays and is guided back

by the marks of four pieces of acacia wood.

To the place of four willow branches

وتُؤْبَنُ مِنْ نَصِّ الهَواجِرِ والضحَى

وتُؤْبَنُ مِنْ نَصِّ الهَواجِرِ والضحَى

بِقِدْحَيْنِ فَازَا مِنْ قِدَاحِ المُقَعْقِعِ

بِقِدْحَيْنِ فَازَا مِنْ قِدَاحِ المُقَعْقِعِ

And from hard driving in midday heat and the forenoon, she is judged blemished

She is summoned at dawn and dusk

by two arrows that won among the lot-shaker's arrows

By two striking flints that spark from flint stones

عَلَيْهَا ولَمَّا يَبْلُغَا كُلَّ جَهْدِهَا

عَلَيْهَا ولَمَّا يَبْلُغَا كُلَّ جَهْدِهَا

وقَدْ أَشْعَرَاهَا في أَظَلٍّ ومَدْمَعِ

وقَدْ أَشْعَرَاهَا في أَظَلٍّ ومَدْمَعِ

against her, though they have not yet taxed her strength to its limit,

Upon her, when they exert all their effort

and have already marked her with blood at her foot-pad and tear duct.

And kindle her in shade and tears