أَبدىhas shown الرَبيعُspring لَناto us مِنamong حُسنِthe beauty of صَنعَتِهِits craftsmanship
أَبدى الرَبيعُ لَنا مِن حُسنِ صَنعَتِهِ
شَبائِهَlook-alikes اِتَّفَقَتmatched فيin الشَكلِshape وَالصُوَرِand forms
شَبائِهَ اِتَّفَقَت في الشَكلِ وَالصُوَرِ
Spring has shown us, among the beauties of its craft,
Spring has revealed to us the beauty of its handiwork
Look-alikes matching in shape and form.
Its flowers have united in form and image
خُضرٌgreen ظَواهِرُهاtheir exteriors بيضٌwhite بَطائِنُهاtheir inner linings
خُضرٌ ظَواهِرُها بيضٌ بَطائِنُها
تَحكيresemble القَباطِيَّCoptic linen تَحتَbeneath السُندُسِfine silk brocade النَضرِfresh and bright
تَحكي القَباطِيَّ تَحتَ السُندُسِ النَضرِ
Their exteriors are green, their inner linings white,
Green are their surfaces, white are their insides
Resembling Coptic linen beneath lustrous silk brocade.
Looking like Egyptian cotton under soft green silk
بيضٌwhite شِبائُهُlook-alikes فيwithin خُضرٍgreen ones مُلَملَمَةٍrounded
بيضٌ شِبائُهُ في خُضرٍ مُلَملَمَةٍ
مِثلَlike الزَبَرجَدِchrysolite مَثنِيّاًfolded عَلىover دُرَرِpearls
مِثلَ الزَبَرجَدِ مَثنِيّاً عَلى دُرَرِ
White look-alikes within rounded green forms,
White are their petals amongst green leaves
Like chrysolite folded over pearls.
Like emerald folded upon pearls
يَنشَقُّsplits open أَخضَرُهاtheir green exterior عَنto reveal أَبيَضٍsomething white يَقَقٍdazzlingly white
يَنشَقُّ أَخضَرُها عَن أَبيَضٍ يَقَقٍ
كَالثَغرِlike a mouth يُشرِقُgleams تَحتَbeneath الشارِبِthe mustache الخَضِرِgreenish-black
كَالثَغرِ يُشرِقُ تَحتَ الشارِبِ الخَضِرِ
Their green exterior splits open to reveal dazzling white,
Its greenness splits to reveal tender whiteness
Like a mouth gleaming beneath a green-black mustache.
Like a mouth shining under a green mustache
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