وَافى الخَيَالُ ومَا وَافَاكَ مِنْ أَمَمِ

وَافى الخَيَالُ ومَا وَافَاكَ مِنْ أَمَمِ

مِنْ أَهْلِ قَرْنٍ وأَهْلِ الضَّيْقِ مِنْ حَرِمِ

مِنْ أَهْلِ قَرْنٍ وأَهْلِ الضَّيْقِ مِنْ حَرِمِ

The apparition arrived, though it did not come to you from nearby,

The phantoms have come, though none have come to you,

from the people of Qarn and the people of al-Dayq in Harim.

From people of an age, and folk of narrow means, of harem.

أَمْسَى بِقَرْنٍ فَمَا اخْضَلَّ العِشَاءُ لَهُ

أَمْسَى بِقَرْنٍ فَمَا اخْضَلَّ العِشَاءُ لَهُ

حَتَّى تَنَوَّرَ بالزَّوْرَاءِ مِنْ خِيَمِ

حَتَّى تَنَوَّرَ بالزَّوْرَاءِ مِنْ خِيَمِ

It was at Qarn at nightfall; scarcely had evening grown dewy for it

Last eve they came to Qarn; the twilight did not fade for them

when it sighted a fire from tents at al-Zawra'.

Until they camped at Zawra, amid tents.