Sol 6.1

  1. نَأَت بِصَدوفَ عَنكَ نَوىً عَنوجُ

    وَجُنَّ بِذِكرِها القَلبُ اللَجوجُ

    A winding journey carried Ṣadūf far from you,

    and the stubborn heart went mad at the thought of her,

  2. غَداةَ غَدَت حُمولُهُمُ وَفيهِم

    ضَحا شَخصٌ إِلى قَلبي يَهيجُ

    on the morning their litters departed, and among them

    a figure came into view, stirring my heart.

  3. سَكَنَّ الغَورَ مَربَعَهُنَّ حَتّى

    رَأَينَ الأَرضَ قَد جَعَلَت تَهيجُ

    They dwelt in al-Ghawr, their spring abode, until

    they saw the land had begun to wither.

  4. وَصِفنَ بِهِ فَقُلنَ لَنا بِنَجدٍ

    مِنَ الحَرِّ الَّذي نَلقى فُروجُ

    And they summered there, then said, “In Najd we have

    relief from the heat we endure.”

  5. فَعالَينَ الحُمولَ عَلى نَواجٍ

    عَلائِفَ لَم تُلَوِّحها المُروجُ

    So they raised the litters onto swift she-camels,

    fodder-fed, not worn thin by grazing in the meadows.

  6. غَدَونَ فَقُلنَ أَعواءٌ مَقيلٌ

    لَكُم فَاِنحوا لِذاكَ وَلا تَعوجوا

    They set out at dawn and said, “Aʿwāʾ is a noonday resting place

    for you; so head there, and do not turn aside.”

  7. وَرُحنَ فَبِتنَ فَوقَ البِئرِ حَتّى

    بَدا لِلناظِرِ الصُبحُ البَليجُ

    And they journeyed at evening, then spent the night above the well until

    the radiant dawn appeared to the watcher.

  8. كَأَنَّهُمُ عَلى البَوباةِ نَخلٌ

    أُمِرَّ لَها بِذي صَعبٍ خَليجُ

    On al-Bawbāh they seemed like palm trees

    for which an irrigation channel had been run at Dhū Ṣaʿb.

  9. فَما يَدري المُخَبِّرُ أَيَّ جِزعٍ

    مِنَ الأَجزاعِ يَمَّمَتِ الحُدوجُ

    So the informant does not know which valley bend,

    among all the valley bends, the howdahs have headed toward.