حَكىresembled الرُمّانُthe pomegranate أَوَّلَfirst ماwhen تَبَدّىappeared
حَكى الرُمّانُ أَوَّلَ ما تَبَدّى
حِقاقَcaskets زَبَرجَدٍchrysolite يُحشَينَthey are filled دُرّاpearls
حِقاقَ زَبَرجَدٍ يُحشَينَ دُرّا
When first it showed itself, the pomegranate resembled
When first it appeared, the pomegranate resembled
The pomegranate first displayed, when it appeared,
emerald caskets filled with pearls.
chrysolite caskets filled with pearls.
The emptiness of chrysolite filled with pearls.
فَجاءَthen came الصَيفُsummer يَحشوهُfills it عَقيقاًagate
فَجاءَ الصَيفُ يَحشوهُ عَقيقاً
وَيَكسوهُand clothes it مُرورُthe passing القَيظِthe intense summer heat تِبراraw gold
وَيَكسوهُ مُرورُ القَيظِ تِبرا
Then summer came and filled it with carnelian,
Then summer came, filling it with agate,
Then came summer, filling it with carnelian,
while the passing torrid heat clothed it in pure gold.
and the passing of summer’s heat clothes it in raw gold.
And covering it, the passing of sultry heat with dust.
وَيُحكىand is likened فيamong الغُصونِthe branches ثُدِيَّbreasts حورٍhouris
وَيُحكى في الغُصونِ ثُدِيَّ حورٍ
شَقَقنَthey tore غَلائِلاًthin gowns عَنهُنَّaway from themselves خُضراgreen
شَقَقنَ غَلائِلاً عَنهُنَّ خُضرا
Among the branches, it resembles the breasts of houris
Amid the branches, it is likened to the breasts of houris
And it tells, on the branches, of houri’s breasts
who have torn away their green, diaphanous robes.
who have torn their thin green gowns away from themselves.
That have burst their green buds apart.
Sol 6.1