أهيفa slender-waisted one قدalready ابدتhave revealed ذراهits tips غرباa keen edge
أهيف قد ابدت ذراه غربا
متخذاtaking for itself منfrom الظلامthe darkness أهباhides
متخذا من الظلام أهبا
A slender one, its tip already baring a keen edge,
A slender one whose tips have revealed a keen edge,
clad in hides cut from darkness;
taking hides from darkness as its covering.
يخالis imagined فيin يدthe hand الغلامof the boy شطباa palm frond
يخال في يد الغلام شطبا
يخطوtakes steps إذاwhen استنهضتهyou rouse it مكباbent forward
يخطو إذا استنهضته مكبا
in a youth’s hand it might be taken for a long sword.
In the boy’s hand, it seems a palm frond;
It strides whenever you rouse it, bowed face-down,
it steps, bent forward, when you rouse it.
يقلبturns over أصوافthe wool الدويof the inkwells قلباa turning, emphatically
يقلب أصواف الدوي قلبا
ويكربand distresses النفسthe soul عليهاover them كرباdistress, emphatically
ويكرب النفس عليها كربا
turning the inkwells’ woolen wads over and over,
It thoroughly turns over the wool of the inkwells,
and plunging the soul into anguish over them.
and sorely troubles the soul over them.
Sol 6.1