أَتَتْنيshe came to me سُليمىSulayma لرسمِfor the customary observance of السّلامthe greeting
أَتَتْني سُليمى لرسمِ السّلام
ونَفْسيand my soul تَتوقُyearns إلىfor رسمِهاher form
ونَفْسي تَتوقُ إلى رسمِها
Sulayma came to me to offer the customary greeting,
Sulayma came to bid me hello
While my soul yearned for her form,
And my soul yearned for her greeting
صبيحةَon the morning of يومٍa day قصيرِshort in البَقاduration (continued next line)
صبيحةَ يومٍ قصيرِ البَقا
ءِcompletion of ‘duration’ تَغدوbecomes غزالتُهاits sun (literally, its gazelle) كاسْمِهاlike its name
ءِ تَغدو غزالتُها كاسْمِها
On the morning of a short-lived day,
One brief morning at break of day
Whose sun becomes like its name—a gazelle.
Her gentle gait like her name, I say
Sol 6.1