أشْرقَتْshe shone منfrom جوانبthe wings القصرِof the palace كالزهlike Venus (word continues)
أشْرقَتْ من جوانب القصرِ كالزه
رةcompletion of 'Venus' لاحتappeared منfrom جانبthe edge الأفقof the horizon سرّاsecretly
رة لاحت من جانب الأفق سرّا
She shone from the palace's wings like Venus,
Appearing secretly at the horizon's edge,
فيin إزارa wrap يضمenfolding جسماa body منthan البلcrystal (word continues)
في إزار يضم جسما من البل
لورcompletion of 'crystal' أصفيclearer ومنand than جنىthe harvest الوردof roses أطرىsofter
لور أصفي ومن جنى الورد أطرى
In a wrap enfolding a body clearer than
Crystal, and softer than freshly gathered roses.
وتمشتand she strolled فألقتthen tossed الريحthe wind منهاfrom her
وتمشت فألقت الريح منها
كشعاعlike a ray الأصيلof late afternoon فيin الصيفsummer شعراhair
كشعاع الأصيل في الصيف شعرا
She strolled, and the wind tossed out from her
Hair like a ray of summer's late-afternoon sun.
ثمthen نادتshe called بناعمٍin a soft voice يشبهresembling القيthe lyre (word continues)
ثم نادت بناعمٍ يشبه القي
ثارcompletion of 'lyre' جرّاًin sustained tones ويشبهand resembling العودthe oud نَبْراin plucked notes
ثار جرّاً ويشبه العود نَبْرا
Then she called in a soft voice, resembling
The lyre in sustained tones, and the oud in plucked notes.
زوّدتْshe provided أمهاher mother بمِسجاةwith a shawl خزّof silk
زوّدتْ أمها بمِسجاة خزّ
ماnot تقيit wards off كالهواءlike air للشمسof the sun حراheat
ما تقي كالهواء للشمس حرا
She provided her mother with a silken shawl
That, like air, wards off none of the sun's heat.
أرسلتهاshe sent it لهاto her ولوand had علقتهاshe hung it
أرسلتها لها ولو علقتها
فوقabove أهدابthe fringes شعْرهاof her hair كانit would have been أحْرىmore fitting
فوق أهداب شعْرها كان أحْرى
She sent it to her; had she hung it
Above the fringes of her hair, it would have been more fitting,
ووقتهاand shielded her شمساًa sun ولوand had نشرتهshe spread it out
ووقتها شمساً ولو نشرته
فيin ذرىthe heights القصرof the palace أصبحwould have become الظهرnoon فجراdawn
في ذرى القصر أصبح الظهر فجرا
And shielded her from a sun; had she spread her hair
Over the palace heights, noon would have become dawn.
أمor تُراهاdo you suppose she لوif خاطبتshe addressed أختهاher sister الشمthe sun (word continues)
أم تُراها لو خاطبت أختها الشم
سcompletion of 'sun' أكانتwould it have been تعصيdisobeying لهاof hers الشمسthe sun أمراa command
س أكانت تعصي لها الشمس أمرا
Or, do you think, had she addressed her sister the sun,
Would the sun have disobeyed a command of hers?
Sol 6.1