أقلامكyour pens الحمرthe red ones فيupon أوراقِكyour sheets البيضthe white ones
أقلامك الحمر في أوراقِك البيض
مشهّراتbrandished بتذهيبٍwith gilding وتفضيضand silvering
مشهّرات بتذهيبٍ وتفضيض
Your red pens across your white pages,
Your red pens upon your white sheets
brandished, all gilded and silvered;
Are brandished with gilding and silvering.
مسنونةsharpened الحدّthe edge كمhow often عدتthey deemed مكارمهاtheir noble deeds
مسنونة الحدّ كم عدت مكارمها
فرضاًa duty فقامتso they fulfilled بمسنونٍwhat is recommended ومفروضand what is obligatory
فرضاً فقامت بمسنونٍ ومفروض
keen-edged—how often their munificence has granted
Keen-edged—how often they have deemed their noble deeds
allotments surpassing both the customary and the obligatory.
A duty, thus fulfilling both the recommended and the obligatory.
كالبرقlike lightning فيin يدthe hand غيثrain منamong عجائبهاtheir wonders
كالبرق في يد غيث من عجائبها
فيin لحظةa glance العينthe eye إسراعٌswiftness بترويضwith practiced control
في لحظة العين إسراعٌ بترويض
Like lightning in the hand of rain—among their marvels
Like lightning in the hand of rain—among their wonders:
is that, in the blink of an eye, a prompting sets them coursing.
In the blink of an eye, swiftness with practiced control.
Sol 6.1