أَبدىhas revealed الرَبيعُspring لَناto us مِنfrom حُسنِthe beauty صَنعَتِهِof its handiwork
أَبدى الرَبيعُ لَنا مِن حُسنِ صَنعَتِهِ
شَبائِهَsimilar forms اِتَّفَقَتmatched one another فيin الشَكلِshape وَالصُوَرِand appearance
شَبائِهَ اِتَّفَقَت في الشَكلِ وَالصُوَرِ
Spring has shown us, out of the beauty of its handiwork,
Spring has shown us, from its beautiful handiwork,
likenesses matching one another in form and appearance:
Similar forms, matching in shape and appearance.
خُضرٌgreen ظَواهِرُهاtheir outsides بيضٌwhite بَطائِنُهاtheir insides
خُضرٌ ظَواهِرُها بيضٌ بَطائِنُها
تَحكيresemble القَباطِيَّCoptic linen تَحتَbeneath السُندُسِfine silk النَضرِfresh and lustrous
تَحكي القَباطِيَّ تَحتَ السُندُسِ النَضرِ
their outer surfaces green, their interiors white,
Their outsides are green, their insides white,
like fine Egyptian linen beneath lustrous silk.
Resembling Coptic linen beneath fresh, lustrous silk.
بيضٌwhite شِبائُهُits likenesses (reading uncertain) فيwithin خُضرٍgreen ones مُلَملَمَةٍrounded and compact
بيضٌ شِبائُهُ في خُضرٍ مُلَملَمَةٍ
مِثلَlike الزَبَرجَدِchrysolite مَثنِيّاًfolded عَلىover دُرَرِpearls
مِثلَ الزَبَرجَدِ مَثنِيّاً عَلى دُرَرِ
Its matching forms are white amid tightly gathered green,
Its white likenesses lie within rounded green ones,
like emerald folded over pearls.
Like chrysolite folded over pearls.
يَنشَقُّsplits open أَخضَرُهاtheir green part عَنto reveal أَبيَضٍa white part يَقَقٍdazzlingly white
يَنشَقُّ أَخضَرُها عَن أَبيَضٍ يَقَقٍ
كَالثَغرِlike the mouth يُشرِقُgleams تَحتَbeneath الشارِبِthe moustache الخَضِرِgreen
كَالثَغرِ يُشرِقُ تَحتَ الشارِبِ الخَضِرِ
Their green casing splits open to reveal a dazzling white,
Their green splits open to reveal a dazzling white,
like a gleaming smile beneath a green mustache.
Like a mouth gleaming beneath a green moustache.
Sol 6.1