قَدindeed سَقَتنيshe gave me drink وَالصُبحُand the dawn قَدalready فَتَّقَsplit open اللَيـthe night (beginning)
قَد سَقَتني وَالصُبحُ قَد فَتَّقَ اللَيـ
ـلَnight (ending) بِكَأسَينِwith two cups ظَبيَةٌa gazelle حَوراءُdark-eyed, with bright whites
ـلَ بِكَأسَينِ ظَبيَةٌ حَوراءُ
She gave me drink, while dawn had already split the night,
The dawn has broken through and she has made
She poured for me, while morning cleft the cloak of
with two cups—a gazelle with wide, dark eyes.
me drink at daybreak from two silver goblets,
night, with two cups—a gazelle with large, dark eyes,
عَنfrom بَنانٍfingers كَأَنَّهُas though it were قُضُبُrods الفِضـthe silver (beginning)
عَن بَنانٍ كَأَنَّهُ قُضُبُ الفِضـ
ـضَةِsilver (ending) قَنّىreddened أَطرافَهاtheir tips الحِنّاءُthe henna
ـضَةِ قَنّى أَطرافَها الحِنّاءُ
From fingers like rods of silver,
A fair-skinned beauty, with a frame like marble
From fingertips that seemed like slender rods of silver,
whose tips henna had reddened.
sculpted by an artist and clothed in silk.
whose delicate ends the henna had dyed crimson.
ذاتُpossessed of حُسنٍbeauty تُسجىare spread out بِأَردافِهاby her hips الأُزthe waist-wraps (beginning)
ذاتُ حُسنٍ تُسجى بِأَردافِها الأُز
رُwaist-wraps (ending) وَتُطوىand are folded فيwithin قُمصِهاher tunics الأَحشاءُthe innards
رُ وَتُطوى في قُمصِها الأَحشاءُ
A beauty whose hips spread out her waist-wraps,
She has an elegance that allows her thighs to be
A beauty, whose lower wraps are draped across her hips,
and whose belly is enfolded within her tunics.
revealed, yet modesty keeps her bosom veiled.
while her slender waist is folded in her gown;
قَدindeed طَوىdrew in بَطنَهاher belly عَلىdespite سَعَةِabundance of العَيـlife (beginning)
قَد طَوى بَطنَها عَلى سَعَةِ العَيـ
ـشِlife (ending) ضُمورٌslenderness فيin حَقوِهاher waist وَاِنطِواءُand an inward curve
ـشِ ضُمورٌ في حَقوِها وَاِنطِواءُ
Her belly, despite a life of plenty, has been drawn in
Though slender, her hips are ample on the lush pillows,
Her belly is drawn lean despite her life of luxury,
by the slenderness and inward curve of her waist.
with dimples on her cheeks and ringlets in her hair.
a leanness in her flank, a sculpted, folded curve.
Sol 6.1