أْعْدَدتُI prepared للتَبْغِfor tobacco وترشافهand sipping it
أْعْدَدتُ للتَبْغِ وترشافه
نَبْعةَa bough حُسْنٍof beauty كُلِلَتْwas crowned بالجُمَانْwith pearls
نَبْعةَ حُسْنٍ كُلِلَتْ بالجُمَانْ
For tobacco, and to draw it in, I prepared
I prepared, for tobacco and sipping it,
a beautiful nabʿ-wood stem, crowned with pearls.
a bough of beauty crowned with pearls.
ماnot قَصَباتُthe reeds السَبْقِof victory إِلاّexcept لَهاfor her
ما قَصَباتُ السَبْقِ إِلاّ لَها
فيin حَلْبَةٍan arena حَلَّتْshe occupied محلَّthe place of السِنانْthe spearhead
في حَلْبَةٍ حَلَّتْ محلَّ السِنانْ
The victor’s canes are hers alone,
The reeds of victory are hers alone,
in a racecourse where she took the spearpoint’s place.
in an arena where she took the spearhead’s place.
قدindeed زُخْرِفَتْshe was embellished منfrom بعدِafter ترصيعهاher being inlaid
قد زُخْرِفَتْ من بعدِ ترصيعها
دلائِلُthe signs الزُخْرفِof ornamentation إِلاّonly الدخانْthe smoke
دلائِلُ الزُخْرفِ إِلاّ الدخانْ
Once it had been inlaid, embellished were
She has been embellished after being inlaid;
the signs of adornment—all but the smoke.
the signs of ornamentation are nothing but smoke.
Sol 6.1