أَسَناis it the radiance of ضَوءِthe light of نارِthe fire of ضَمرَةḌamra بِالقَفin the wasteland (word continues)
أَسَنا ضَوءِ نارِ ضَمرَة بِالقَف
رَةِcompletion of 'wasteland' أَبصَرتَyou saw أُمor سَناthe radiance of ضَوءِthe light of بَرِقlightning
رَةِ أَبصَرتَ أُم سَنا ضَوءِ بَرِق
Was it the glow of Ḍamra’s firelight in the
With the glow of embers in the brazier
wasteland you saw, or the gleam of lightning?
You saw, O mother of Sanā', the glow of lightning.
قاطِناتُwomen dwelling in الحَجونِal-Ḥajūn أَشهىmore desirable إِلىto قَلheart (word continues)
قاطِناتُ الحَجونِ أَشهى إِلى قَل
بيcompletion of 'heart' + my مِنthan ساكِناتِwomen dwelling in دورِthe houses of دِمَشقِDamascus
بي مِن ساكِناتِ دورِ دِمَشقِ
The women dwelling in al-Ḥajūn are more pleasing to my
The dwellers in tents are more alluring to my heart
heart than the women dwelling in the houses of Damascus.
Than the dwellers in the houses of Damascus,
يتضَوَّعنَthey give off a scent لَوeven if تَضَمَّخنَthey anoint themselves بِالمِسwith musk (word continues)
يتضَوَّعنَ لَو تَضَمَّخنَ بِالمِس
كِcompletion of 'musk' صُناناًbody stench كَأَنَّهُas though it were ريحُthe smell of مَرقbroth
كِ صُناناً كَأَنَّهُ ريحُ مَرق
They give off, even if they anoint themselves with
Were they to adorn themselves with musk,
musk, a body stench like the smell of broth.
They would be, as if, the scent of dried herbs.
Sol 6.1