أُنظُرLook إِلىat زَهرِblossoms الرَبيعِspring
أُنظُر إِلى زَهرِ الرَبيعِ
وَالماءِand the water فيin بِرَكِpools of البَديعِal-Badiʿ
وَالماءِ في بِرَكِ البَديعِ
Look at the blossoms of spring,
Look at the flower of spring
and the water in al-Badiʿ’s pools.
And the water in the pond of splendor
وَإِذاand when الرِياحُthe winds جَرَتswept عَلَيover
وَإِذا الرِياحُ جَرَت عَلَي
هِit فيin الذَهابِgoing forth وَفيand in الرُجوعِreturning
هِ في الذَهابِ وَفي الرُجوعِ
And when the winds sweep over
And when the winds blow upon it
it, going forth and coming back,
In going and in returning
جَرَّتdragged عَلىacross بيضِwhite الصَفاthe blades (word begins here)
جَرَّت عَلى بيضِ الصَفا
ئِحِ(completes 'the blades') بَينَناbetween us حَلَقَrings الدُروعِcoats of mail
ئِحِ بَينَنا حَلَقَ الدُروعِ
they draw across the white blades
They blew on the whiteness of pages
between us the rings of mail.
Between us the coats of mail rattled
Sol 6.1