وشيbrocade حكىmirrored روضةgarden الآدابof literature مودعةfilled with
وشي حكى روضة الآداب مودعة
نورblossoms البديعينof the two rhetorical arts تتميمcompletion وتجنيسand wordplay
نور البديعين تتميم وتجنيس
Embroidery mimicked a garden of letters, harboring
A brocade mirroring the garden of literature, filled with
the blossoms of twin embellishments: completion and wordplay.
The blossoms of the two rhetorical arts: completion and wordplay.
ترىyou see بهin it حيوانcreatures البرّof the land مصطلحاًat peace with one another
ترى به حيوان البرّ مصطلحاً
ظبيgazelle الكناسof the covert يوازيstands alongside ضيغمlion الخيسof the thicket
ظبي الكناس يوازي ضيغم الخيس
Within it you see the beasts of the wild reconciled:
In it you see the creatures of the land at peace:
the gazelle of the covert alongside the lion of the thicket.
The gazelle of the covert stands alongside the lion of the thicket.
كأنهas though it were وضياءand the radiance الشمسof the sun تنشرهspreads it out
كأنه وضياء الشمس تنشره
والكفُّand the hand تطويهfolds it أذنابtails الطواويسof peacocks
والكفُّ تطويه أذناب الطواويس
As the sunlight spreads it out, it seems—
It is as though, as sunlight spreads it out
and the hand folds it—the tails of peacocks.
And the hand folds it, it were peacocks' tails.
كأنas though لابسهits wearer والتيهand pride يعطفهmakes him sway
كأن لابسه والتيه يعطفه
نشوانtipsy يختالstruts بينbetween الكأسthe cup والكيسand the purse
نشوان يختال بين الكأس والكيس
Its wearer, with pride making him sway, seems
As though its wearer, swayed by pride,
drunk, strutting between the cup and the purse.
Were a tipsy man strutting between the cup and the purse.
Sol 6.1