أبصرتI saw باقةَa bouquet نرجسٍof narcissus
أبصرت باقةَ نرجسٍ
فيin كفthe hand منthe one whom أهواهI love him غضَّهْfresh
في كف من أهواه غضَّهْ
I saw a bouquet of narcissus,
I saw a bouquet of narcissus
fresh, in the hand of the one I love;
In the palm of my beloved so fair
فكأنهاso, as though it were قصبُstalks الزُمرemer- (first part of 'emerald')
فكأنها قصبُ الزُمر
رُد-ald (completes 'emerald') أنبتتْhad sprouted ذهباًgold وفضّهْand silver
رُد أنبتتْ ذهباً وفضّهْ
so it seemed like stalks of emerald
It was as though a reed flute
that had sprouted gold and silver.
Grew forth gold and silver there
Sol 6.1