كأنّماas though شجراتtrees الدَّوْحthe grove فيin خِلَعrobes of honor
كأنّما شجرات الدَّوْح في خِلَع
تندىglisten with dew فيبلغso reaches أقصىthe utmost of الحسنbeauty مبلَغهاtheir level
تندى فيبلغ أقصى الحسن مبلَغها
As though the grove’s trees were clad in robes of honor,
As if the doum-palm trees in the folds
Glistening with dew, so that beauty at its utmost reaches their level.
Of a valley were moistened till utmost beauty they reach.
أرواحُsouls درٍّpearls تبيتُspend the night المزنthe rain clouds فيin بشَرٍskins
أرواحُ درٍّ تبيتُ المزن في بشَرٍ
منof الزُمرَّدِemerald بالأنواءwith the seasonal rains تفرغهاpour them forth
من الزُمرَّدِ بالأنواء تفرغها
Souls of pearls: all night the rain clouds, into skins
Spirits of pearl spending the night in human bodies
Of emerald, pour them forth with the seasonal rains.
From emerald poured into them.
ماجتswayed بمدرجةِin the path of الأنفاسِthe breaths واطردتand flowed on
ماجت بمدرجةِ الأنفاسِ واطردت
كأنّماas though حولَهاaround them أيدٍhands تدغدغهاtickle them
كأنّما حولَها أيدٍ تدغدغها
They swayed in the path of breaths and flowed on,
They swayed to the terrace of breaths, driven
As though hands all around them were tickling them.
As if hands were fondling them around.
Sol 6.1