بَياضُwhiteness صَحيفَةٍa page تَلتاحُgleams حُسناًwith beauty
بَياضُ صَحيفَةٍ تَلتاحُ حُسناً
كَمَتنِlike the flat of السَيفِthe sword فيin كَفِّthe palm of المَليحِthe fair one
كَمَتنِ السَيفِ في كَفِّ المَليحِ
The whiteness of a page that gleams with beauty
The whiteness of a page gleams beautifully
Is like the flat of a sword in the fair one's hand;
Like the sword in the hand of a handsome man
كَغَيمٍlike a cloud رَقَّgrew thin فيat أَطرافِthe edges of جَوٍّa sky
كَغَيمٍ رَقَّ في أَطرافِ جَوٍّ
وَماءٍand water ساحَflowed فيover قاعٍa plain فَسيحِspacious
وَماءٍ ساحَ في قاعٍ فَسيحِ
Like a cloud grown thin at the sky's edges,
Like a cloud that softened at the edges of a sky
And water flowing over a spacious plain.
And water that flowed in a spacious valley
وَيَحكيand it resembles أَرضَa field of كافورٍcamphor صَريحٍpure
وَيَحكي أَرضَ كافورٍ صَريحٍ
بِهاupon it نَبذٌscattered bits مِنَof المُسكِmusk الذَبيحِslit open
بِها نَبذٌ مِنَ المُسكِ الذَبيحِ
And it resembles a field of pure camphor,
It depicts a frank land of camphor
With scattered bits of slit-open musk upon it;
With a scattering of aromatic musk
كَمِثلِjust like اللَيلِthe night فيwithin صُبحٍa dawn صَديعٍbreaking
كَمِثلِ اللَيلِ في صُبحٍ صَديعٍ
وَمِثلَand like الصَدغِthe sidelock فيon وَجهٍa face صَبيحِradiant
وَمِثلَ الصَدغِ في وَجهٍ صَبيحِ
Like night within the breaking dawn,
Like the night in a clear dawn
And like a sidelock on a radiant face.
And like a mole on a radiant cheek
وَبَينَand between سُطورِهِits lines عَجَمٌletter-dots مُصيبٌwell-placed
وَبَينَ سُطورِهِ عَجَمٌ مُصيبٌ
كَمِثلِjust like الخالِthe mole فيon الخَدِّthe cheek المَليحِlovely
كَمِثلِ الخالِ في الخَدِّ المَليحِ
And between its lines are well-placed dots,
Among its lines is eloquent Persian
Like a mole upon a lovely cheek.
Like a beauty mark on a lovely cheek
Sol 6.1