دَلَنطىmassive; thickset يَزِلُّslips القِطرُthe rain عَنoff صَهَواتِهِthe ridges of his back
دَلَنطى يَزِلُّ القِطرُ عَن صَهَواتِهِ
هُوَhe اللَيلُthe night فيinto الجُمّازَةِthe woollen tunic المتوَرِّدُentering
هُوَ اللَيلُ في الجُمّازَةِ المتوَرِّدُ
Massive—rain slips off the ridges of his back.
The rain drips from its gutters
He is night itself, slipping into a woollen tunic.
It is the night in the crowded street
Sol 6.1