أياO غصناًbranch منfrom تحتbeneath بدرٍa full moon علىupon نقاًa sandhill
أيا غصناً من تحت بدرٍ على نقاً
علىupon كثُبٍsand dunes قدalready انكَسفbecame eclipsed البَدرُthe full moon
على كثُبٍ قد انكَسف البَدرُ
O branch beneath a full moon, upon a sandhill,
O branch from under a full moon upon a palm tree
Upon dunes, the full moon has been eclipsed.
Upon sand dunes where the moon has waned
أغارَassailed عليهupon him الدهرُtime منfrom أعينeyes الورىhumankind
أغارَ عليه الدهرُ من أعين الورى
فأنبَتَso it caused to grow شَعراًhair فيin منابتهits growing places الشَّعرُthe hair
فأنبَتَ شَعراً في منابته الشَّعرُ
Time assailed him through the eyes of humankind,
Time was envious of it in the eyes of people
So hair brought forth hair in its growing places.
So it grew hair in its hairline, grew hair
رياضٌgardens بهاin them للزَّعفرانfor saffron تكاثُفٌdense growth
رياضٌ بها للزَّعفران تكاثُفٌ
وقدand already سيَّرتset moving فيهاin them سَنابكَهاtheir hooves الحُمرُthe donkeys
وقد سيَّرت فيها سَنابكَها الحُمرُ
Gardens where saffron grows thickly,
Gardens in which saffron is concentrated
And the donkeys have sent their hooves through them.
And in which gazelles have wandered, red
ألاAh ماwhat لعينيwith my eye أشرقتshone ليfor me بنورهاwith its light
ألا ما لعيني أشرقت لي بنورها
فأبصرتُso I beheld بدرَfull moon الليلthe night زاحمهjostled it الفجرُthe dawn
فأبصرتُ بدرَ الليل زاحمه الفجرُ
Ah, what has come over my eye? It shone for me with its light,
Oh, why have my eyes shone their light for me
So I beheld the full moon of night, jostled by dawn.
And I saw the moon of night, dawn contesting it
Sol 6.1