وسَحابٍand a cloud يَجُرُّdrags فيacross الأَرْضِthe earth ذَيْلَيْthe two hems of
وسَحابٍ يَجُرُّ في الأَرْضِ ذَيْلَيْ
مُطْرَفٍa bordered cloak زَرَّهُit buttoned it عَلىover الجَوِّthe sky زَرّاsecurely
مُطْرَفٍ زَرَّهُ عَلى الجَوِّ زَرّا
And a cloud trails its hem across the earth,
And a cloud drags across the earth the two hems
cloaked in a mantle it has buttoned tightly over the sky.
of a bordered cloak it has buttoned securely over the sky.
بَرْقُهُits lightning لَمْحَةٌa flash ولَكِنْand yet لَهُit has رَعْthunder (first part)
بَرْقُهُ لَمْحَةٌ ولَكِنْ لَهُ رَعْ
دٌthunder (completion) بَطئٌslow يَكْسوclothes المَسَامِعَthe ears وَقْراdeafness
دٌ بَطئٌ يَكْسو المَسَامِعَ وَقْرا
Its lightning is a fleeting flash, yet it has thunder
Its lightning is a flash, and yet it has thun-
so slow it wraps the ears in deafness—
der, slow, clothing the ears in deafness—
كَخِليٍّlike a man untouched by love مُنافِقٍhypocritical لِلَّذيtoward the one who يَهْواloves (continued)
كَخِليٍّ مُنافِقٍ لِلَّذي يَهْوا
هُhim يَبْكيhe weeps جَهْراًaloud ويَضْحَكُand he laughs سِرّاin secret
هُ يَبْكي جَهْراً ويَضْحَكُ سِرّا
like a libertine, two-faced toward the one he loves:
like a man untouched by love, hypocritical toward one who loves
he weeps openly and laughs in secret.
him: he weeps aloud and laughs in secret.
Sol 6.1