قَوامٌa frame كَماas شاءَwilled المَشيبُgraying مُعَوَّجُbent
قَوامٌ كَما شاءَ المَشيبُ مُعَوَّجُ
وَوَجهٌand a face كَماas لاnot تَشتَهيهِyou desire it مُشَنَّجُwrinkled
وَوَجهٌ كَما لا تَشتَهيهِ مُشَنَّجُ
A frame bent as gray-haired age has willed;
A frame as decrepit as aging wished it to be,
And a face, wrinkled as you would not wish it;
And a face as unsightly as one could imagine,
وَفَرعٌand hair جَلاهُburnished it الشَيبُgray hair حَتّىuntil كَأَنَّماas though
وَفَرعٌ جَلاهُ الشَيبُ حَتّى كَأَنَّما
تَغَشّاهُcovered it مَعروفٌa favor مِنَfrom الصُبحِdawn أَبلَجُradiant
تَغَشّاهُ مَعروفٌ مِنَ الصُبحِ أَبلَجُ
And hair that grayness burnished, till it seemed
And a branch bleached by time, as though
A radiant gift from dawn had veiled it.
A white dawn had cloaked it in a mantle of snow.
وَعَهديand my recollection بِهِof it بِالأَمسِyesterday جَوناًjet-black كَأَنَّماas though
وَعَهدي بِهِ بِالأَمسِ جَوناً كَأَنَّما
تَجَلَّلَهُcloaked it عُرفٌa favor مِنَfrom اللَيلِthe night أَبلَجُradiant
تَجَلَّلَهُ عُرفٌ مِنَ اللَيلِ أَبلَجُ
And I remember it jet-black yesterday, as though
Yet only yesterday, so it seems, this form
A radiant gift from night had cloaked it—
Was draped in the dark of the night like a glorious norm.
لَيالِيَon nights جاءَتكَcame to you اللَياليthe nights عَرائِساًas brides
لَيالِيَ جاءَتكَ اللَيالي عَرائِساً
تَروقُdelight وَتَصبيand captivate أَوor تَضوعُwaft fragrance وَتَأرُجُand breathe perfume
تَروقُ وَتَصبي أَو تَضوعُ وَتَأرُجُ
On nights when the nights came to you as brides,
O nights that have come to him, maidens in grace
Delighting and captivating, or wafting fragrance and breathing perfume;
In beauty so fine, or in sorrow's embrace.
حِسانُbeautiful الوُجوهِthe faces كَالرِياضِlike gardens أَنيقَةًlovely
حِسانُ الوُجوهِ كَالرِياضِ أَنيقَةً
تَخيطُsews لَهاfor them كَفُّthe hand الغَمامِthe clouds وَتَنسُجُand weaves
تَخيطُ لَها كَفُّ الغَمامِ وَتَنسُجُ
Fair of face, lovely as gardens,
A garden it was, this cheer of his face,
For whom the hand of clouds sews and weaves
With rainfall of clouds embroidering lace.
رِقاقُdelicate جَلابيبَrobes النَسيمِthe breeze أَريجَةًfragrant
رِقاقُ جَلابيبَ النَسيمِ أَريجَةً
لَهاthey have نَكهَةًbreath's scent كَالمِسكِlike musk إِبّانَwhen يُمزَجُit is blended
لَها نَكهَةً كَالمِسكِ إِبّانَ يُمزَجُ
Delicate robes of the breeze, fragrant,
The soft silken robes of the breeze left a trace
Their breath like musk when it is blended.
Of scent, like musk when it's freshly distilled into place.
Sol 6.1