وَزائِرَةٍand a visitor فيin كُلِّevery عامٍyear تَزورُناshe visits us
وَزائِرَةٍ في كُلِّ عامٍ تَزورُنا
فَيُخبِرُso reports عَنof طيبِpleasantness of الزَمانِthe season مَزارُهاher visit
فَيُخبِرُ عَن طيبِ الزَمانِ مَزارُها
And a visitor visits us every year;
Her visit thus tells of the season's pleasantness.
تُخَبِّرُshe reports أَنَّthat الجَوَّthe air رَقَّhas grown thin قَميصُهُits shirt
تُخَبِّرُ أَنَّ الجَوَّ رَقَّ قَميصُهُ
وَأَنَّand that الرِياضَthe gardens قَدalready تَوَشّىbecame embroidered إِزارُهاtheir waistcloth
وَأَنَّ الرِياضَ قَد تَوَشّى إِزارُها
She reports that the air's shirt has grown thin,
And that the gardens' waistcloth has become embroidered,
وَأَنَّand that وُجوهَfaces of الغُدرِthe pools راقَis pleasing بَياضُهاtheir whiteness
وَأَنَّ وُجوهَ الغُدرِ راقَ بَياضُها
وَأَنَّand that وُجوهَfaces of الأَرضِthe earth راعَdazzles اِخضِرارُهاtheir greenness
وَأَنَّ وُجوهَ الأَرضِ راعَ اِخضِرارُها
And that the pools' faces are lovely in their whiteness,
And that the earth's faces dazzle with their greenness.
تَحُنُّshe yearns إِلَيناfor us وَهيَthough she is مِنof غَيرِother than شَكلِناour kind
تَحُنُّ إِلَينا وَهيَ مِن غَيرِ شَكلِنا
فَتَدنوso draws near عَلىdespite بُعدٍdistance مِنَin الشَكلِkind دارُهاher home
فَتَدنو عَلى بُعدٍ مِنَ الشَكلِ دارُها
She yearns for us, though she is not of our kind;
So her home draws near, despite the distance in kind.
فَيُعجِبُناso delights us وَسطَamid العِراصِthe courtyards وُقوعُهاher alighting
فَيُعجِبُنا وَسطَ العِراصِ وُقوعُها
وَيُؤنِسُناand comforts us بَينَamong الدِيارِthe dwellings مَطارُهاher flight
وَيُؤنِسُنا بَينَ الدِيارِ مَطارُها
So her alighting amid the courtyards delights us,
And her flight among the dwellings comforts us.
أَغارَraided عَلىupon ضَوءِthe light of الصَباحِthe morning قَميصُهاher shirt
أَغارَ عَلى ضَوءِ الصَباحِ قَميصُها
وَفازَand won بِأَلوانِthe colors of اللَياليthe nights خِمارُهاher veil
وَفازَ بِأَلوانِ اللَيالي خِمارُها
Her shirt has plundered the light of morning,
And her veil has won the colors of the nights.
تَصيحُshe cries كَماjust as صَرَّتsqueaked نِعالُsandals of عَرائِسٍbrides
تَصيحُ كَما صَرَّت نِعالُ عَرائِسٍ
تَمَشَّتhave strolled إِلَيهاtoward them هِندُهاtheir Hind وَنُوارُهاand their Nuwar
تَمَشَّت إِلَيها هِندُها وَنُوارُها
She cries like the squeaking of brides' sandals,
Toward whom their Hind and their Nuwar have strolled.
تُجاوِرُناshe lives beside us حَتّىuntil تَشِبَّgrow up صِغارُهاher young
تُجاوِرُنا حَتّى تَشِبَّ صِغارُها
وَتَقضيand fulfill لُباناتِthe desires of النُفوسِsouls كِبارُهاher grown ones
وَتَقضي لُباناتِ النُفوسِ كِبارُها
She lives beside us until her young grow up,
And her grown ones fulfill the desires of souls.
Sol 6.1