فَياso, oh بَهجَةَsplendor الدُنياthe world إِذاwhen الشَمسُthe sun أَشرَقَتshone forth
فَيا بَهجَةَ الدُنيا إِذا الشَمسُ أَشرَقَت
كَماjust as أَشرَقَتshone forth فَوقَabove البَرِيَّةِhumankind زَينَبُZaynab
كَما أَشرَقَت فَوقَ البَرِيَّةِ زَينَبُ
Ah, the world's splendor when the sun shines forth,
O joy of life when the sun rises
as Zaynab shone above humankind!
As it rose over the desert, Zainab
يُفَضَّضُis silvered مِنهاfrom it الجَوُّthe air عِندَat طُلوعِهاits rising
يُفَضَّضُ مِنها الجَوُّ عِندَ طُلوعِها
وَلَكِنَّand yet وَجهَface الأَرضِthe earth فيهاin it مُذَهَّبُgilded
وَلَكِنَّ وَجهَ الأَرضِ فيها مُذَهَّبُ
The air is silvered by it at its rising,
Its light makes the air glimmer at its rising
yet the face of the earth is gilded in its light.
Yet the face of the earth in it is gilded
وَتَحسَبُand you deem عَينَorb الشَمسِthe sun إِذwhen هِيَit رَنَّقَتhung low near setting
وَتَحسَبُ عَينَ الشَمسِ إِذ هِيَ رَنَّقَت
عَلىon الأُفُقِthe horizon الغَربِيِّwestern تِبراًraw gold يُذَوَّبُis melted
عَلى الأُفُقِ الغَربِيِّ تِبراً يُذَوَّبُ
And you would take the sun's orb, as it hangs low
And you’d think the sun’s eye when it peered
on the western horizon, for raw gold being melted.
On the western horizon was molten gold
Sol 6.1