كأنّas though نَورَblossom الكتّانِthe flax حينwhen بداappeared
كأنّ نَورَ الكتّانِ حين بدا
وقدand already جلاcleared away حُسنُهُits beauty صداrust الأَنفُسthe souls
وقد جلا حُسنُهُ صدا الأَنفُس
The flax blossom, when it appeared, seemed—
As if the linen's light when it appeared
Its beauty having cleared the rust from souls—
And its beauty shone, catching breaths
اكفُّpalms فيروزَجٍturquoise معاصمُهاtheir wrists
اكفُّ فيروزَجٍ معاصمُها
قدalready سترتُهنَّcovered them خُضرةُthe greenness الملبَسthe attire
قد سترتُهنَّ خُضرةُ الملبَس
Like palms of turquoise, whose wrists
With turquoise bracelets adorning their wrists
The green of their attire had concealed.
Covered by the greenness of their dresses
أولاor no فزرقُthen blue ones الياقوتِthe sapphire قدalready وضعتhave been laid
أولا فزرقُ الياقوتِ قد وضعت
علىupon بساطٍa carpet تروقُdelight the eye منof سُندسfine silk brocade
على بساطٍ تروقُ من سُندس
Or no—blue sapphires have been laid
First, the blue of sapphires was placed
Upon a carpet of fine silk brocade, delighting the eye.
On a carpet delicately woven with silk
Sol 6.1