ومُطبِقَةٍand one clasping shut لِفقَينِtwo halves أحسنthe loveliest ماwhat تَرىyou see
ومُطبِقَةٍ لِفقَينِ أحسن ما تَرى
كماas انطبقclosed together الجِفنانِthe two eyelids يوماًonce علىupon الكَرىslumber
كما انطبق الجِفنانِ يوماً على الكَرى
And one with two clasped halves, the loveliest you can see,
And closed upon the eyelids most beautifully have you seen
as the two eyelids once closed upon slumber.
As the two eyelids closed one day upon the pupils
اذاwhen فَتَحتَهاopens it مُديَةٌa knife قلتَyou would say مُقلَةٌan eyeball
اذا فَتَحتَها مُديَةٌ قلتَ مُقلَةٌ
أحدّmade keen بهاin it فتحُthe opening العيونِof the eyes لتنظراso that it might gaze
أحدّ بها فتحُ العيونِ لتنظرا
When a knife opens it, you would call it an eyeball,
If she opens them a little, you would say, alluring
the opening of its eyes made keen, so that it might gaze.
The keenest of them in opening the eyes to look
وباطنهاand its interior منfrom باطنthe inside of الأُذنthe ear خَلقُهُits form
وباطنها من باطن الأُذن خَلقُهُ
غُصُوناbranches اذاif شبَّهتَهاyou liken it وتكسُّراand folding
غُصُونا اذا شبَّهتَها وتكسُّرا
And its interior has the form of the inside of an ear,
And their interior from the interior of the ear was created
with branches and folds, if you compare it.
Branches, if you compare them, entwined and interlaced
Sol 6.1