يَركَبُit rides atop الأُقحُوانَthe daisies فيهاin it نَهاراًby day
يَركَبُ الأُقحُوانَ فيها نَهاراً
فَتَرىso you see دِرهَماًa dirham (silver coin) عَلىupon دينارِa dinar (gold coin)
فَتَرى دِرهَماً عَلى دينارِ
By day, the chrysanthemum rides there,
It rides atop the daisies there by day,
and you behold a silver dirham upon a golden dinar.
so you see a dirham upon a dinar.
فُرِشَتwere strewn فَوقَهاover it فَرائِدُpearls طَلٍّdew
فُرِشَت فَوقَها فَرائِدُ طَلٍّ
عَلِقَتclung بِالنَباتِto the plants وَالأَشِجارِand the trees
عَلِقَت بِالنَباتِ وَالأَشِجارِ
Above it were spread matchless pearls of dew,
Pearls of dew were strewn over it,
suspended upon the plants and trees;
clinging to the plants and trees;
وَتَدَلَّتand they dangled عَلىupon الغُصونِthe branches فَجاءَتso they appeared
وَتَدَلَّت عَلى الغُصونِ فَجاءَت
كَشُنوفِlike the earrings الكَواعِبِthe budding-breasted maidens الأَبكارِthe virgins
كَشُنوفِ الكَواعِبِ الأَبكارِ
they dangled from the boughs and appeared
and they dangled upon the branches, appearing
like the earrings of nubile virgin maidens.
like the earrings of budding-breasted virgins.
Sol 6.1