وَمَمشوقَةِand slender القاماتِof stature بيضٌwhite نُحورُهاtheir throats
وَمَمشوقَةِ القاماتِ بيضٌ نُحورُها
وَخُضرٌand green نَواصيهاtheir forelocks وَصُفرٌand yellow جُسومُهاtheir bodies
وَخُضرٌ نَواصيها وَصُفرٌ جُسومُها
Slender of stature, their throats are white,
And slender of stature are they, their throats white,
their forelocks green and their bodies gold.
And their forelocks green, and their bodies yellow.
لَهاthey have حِقَبٌgirdles لاnot تَستَطيعُthey can اِطِّراحَهاcasting them off
لَها حِقَبٌ لا تَستَطيعُ اِطِّراحَها
وَلَيسَand not يَطيقُis able سَلبَهاstripping them away مَنwhoever يَرومُهاseeks them
وَلَيسَ يَطيقُ سَلبَها مَن يَرومُها
They wear girdles they cannot cast aside,
They have girdles they cannot cast off,
nor can anyone who seeks them strip them away.
Nor can anyone who seeks them strip their girdles away.
وَهُنَّand they رِماحٌspears لاnot تُريقُshed دَمَthe blood of العِدىenemies
وَهُنَّ رِماحٌ لا تُريقُ دَمَ العِدى
وَلَكِنand yet يُراقُis poured out فيinto القُدورِthe cooking pots صَميمُهاtheir innermost substance
وَلَكِن يُراقُ في القُدورِ صَميمُها
They are spears that spill no enemy blood;
And they are spears that shed no enemy blood,
instead, their very kernels are poured into cooking pots.
Yet their innermost substance is poured into cooking pots.
يَميلُbends عَلىover أَعرافِهاtheir crests عَذَباتُهاtheir tassels
يَميلُ عَلى أَعرافِها عَذَباتُها
كَحورٍlike dark-eyed maidens تَناصىseized each other's forelocks هُندُهاtheir Hind وَرَميمُهاand their Ramim
كَحورٍ تَناصى هُندُها وَرَميمُها
Their tassels droop across their crests,
Their tassels bend over their crests,
like houris with dark-on-white eyes, as their Hind and Ramim seize each other by the forelock.
Like dark-eyed maidens whose Hind and Ramim have seized each other's forelocks.
تَناهىreached its height بِهاin them الإِدراكُripening حَتّىso that كَأَنَّهاas though they
تَناهى بِها الإِدراكُ حَتّى كَأَنَّها
يُعَلُّis repeatedly bathed بِماءِwith water of الزَعفَرانِsaffron أَديمُهاtheir skin
يُعَلُّ بِماءِ الزَعفَرانِ أَديمُها
Ripening has reached its utmost in them, until it seems
They have reached full ripeness, so that it is as though
their skins have been steeped in saffron-water.
their skin were bathed again and again in saffron water.
تَرىyou see الريحَthe wind يُغريهاentices them بِنَجوىwith a whisper خَفِيَّةٍsecret
تَرى الريحَ يُغريها بِنَجوى خَفِيَّةٍ
إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle جَرىblows قَصرَat the close of العَشِيِّthe afternoon نَسيمُهاits breeze
إِذا ما جَرى قَصرَ العَشِيِّ نَسيمُها
You see the wind enticing them with a secret whisper
You see the wind enticing them with a secret whisper,
when its breeze wafts at the close of afternoon.
When its breeze blows at the close of afternoon.
Sol 6.1