وغادةand a lovely maiden زادincreased فيهاupon her اللّحظthe gaze تكريراrepetition
وغادة زاد فيها اللّحظ تكريرا
قدmay يضيفadd إلىto التأنيثfemininity تذكيراmasculinity
قد يضيف إلى التأنيث تذكيرا
And a lovely maiden: the gaze, turned upon her ever more often,
And Ghada, in her the glance increases repetition
May add masculinity to her femininity.
It may add masculinity to femininity
لهاshe has علىupon الرأسthe head إكليلa crown يحيطencircles بهaround it
لها على الرأس إكليل يحيط به
أوor جمةa thick head of hair قصwas cropped أعلاهاits top شَوابيراinto tufts (uncertain)
أو جمة قص أعلاها شَوابيرا
She has a crown upon her head, encircling it,
She has on her head a crown surrounding
Or a thick head of hair, its top cropped into tufts.
Or a tucked braid, clipped at the top to be bangs
كأنهاas though she were قبةa dome منfrom فوقهاabove her شرفbattlements
كأنها قبة من فوقها شرف
جوفاءhollow قسمهاdivided it البانيthe builder مَقاصيراinto chambers
جوفاء قسمها الباني مَقاصيرا
As though she were a dome with battlements on top,
As if it is a dome with above it a balcony
Hollow, its builder having divided it into chambers.
Hollow, the builder divided it into sections
حبلىpregnant بعدةwith several أولادٍchildren وماyet not أفتٌرِعتْwas deflowered
حبلى بعدة أولادٍ وما أفتٌرِعتْ
عذراءa virgin تحكيresembles لناfor us العذراءthe Virgin تطهيراin purity
عذراء تحكي لنا العذراء تطهيرا
Pregnant with several children, yet never deflowered,
Pregnant with many children though she hasn't given birth
A virgin, mirroring for us the Virgin's purity.
A virgin who tells us of the Virgin's purity
تضمgathers شملthe company أطَيفالٍlittle children إذاwhen درجواthey toddle forth
تضم شمل أطَيفالٍ إذا درجوا
رأيتyou see شملهمtheir gathering المنظومordered منثوراscattered
رأيت شملهم المنظوم منثورا
She gathers little children together; when they toddle forth,
She gathers children when they walk
You see their ordered gathering scattered.
I see their group gathered scattered
عهديmy recollection بهاof her فوقabove ساقٍa stem ترجحنsways heavily بهاbeneath her weight
عهدي بها فوق ساقٍ ترجحن بها
زمرّذاًan emerald ثمthen عادتshe became بعدafterward كافوراcamphor
زمرّذاً ثم عادت بعد كافورا
I remember her atop a stem swaying beneath her weight,
My promise to her above a swaying leg
An emerald; then afterward she became camphor.
Jingling then returning again camphor
Sol 6.1