ونَرجِسٌand a narcissus هَبَّstirred يَرنوgazes
ونَرجِسٌ هَبَّ يَرنو
بِمقلَةٍwith an eye ليسَdoes not تَطرفblink
بِمقلَةٍ ليسَ تَطرف
And a narcissus stirred, gazing
A narcissus tilted its head
with an eye that does not blink,
With unaffected simplicity
مِثلَlike النُجومthe stars تَساقَطfell successively (verb fragment)
مِثلَ النُجوم تَساقَط
نَfeminine-plural ending of 'fell' فيin رِداءٍa cloak مُفَوَّفstriped
نَ في رِداءٍ مُفَوَّف
like stars that fell one by one
Like stars falling down
on a striped cloak.
In a rumpled gown
يحكيresembles البَهارَthe bahār flower ولكِنand yet
يحكي البَهارَ ولكِن
بَهارُناour bahār flower مِنهُthan it أصلَفmore boastful
بَهارُنا مِنهُ أصلَف
It resembles the bahār flower, and yet
It tells of spring but
our bahār is more boastful than it.
Our spring is rougher
لَهُit has فضيلَةُthe distinction of سَبقٍprecedence
لَهُ فضيلَةُ سَبقٍ
لغَيرهِfor any other than it لَيسis not تُعرَفknown
لغَيرهِ لَيس تُعرَف
It has the distinction of precedence,
It has the virtue of coming first
which no other is known to possess.
A quality not found in others
فَعُجso turn aside علَيهِto it فَدَتكَmay you be ransomed النthe (fragment of 'the souls')
فَعُج علَيهِ فَدَتكَ الن
نُفوسُsouls واشربand drink لتظرُفso you may grow refined
نُفوسُ واشرب لتظرُف
So turn aside to it—may you be ransomed by
So marvel at it and may your soul be ransomed
souls—and drink, that you may grow refined.
Drink in its beauty and be refreshed
Sol 6.1