إذَاwhen الشَّمْسُthe sun ضَحَّتْexposes to sunlight مَتْنَهَاher back يَسْتَعِدِّهُhe readies it
إذَا الشَّمْسُ ضَحَّتْ مَتْنَهَا يَسْتَعِدِّهُ
لِحَدّfor the intensity of الضحَىthe forenoon أحْوَىdark brown الشَّرَاسِيفِthe lower ribs أكْحَلُnaturally kohl-eyed
لِحَدّ الضحَى أحْوَى الشَّرَاسِيفِ أكْحَلُ
When the sun bares its back, he braces himself
When the sun lights her back, he readies it—
for the keen edge of forenoon—dark-ribbed and kohl-eyed.
For the fierce heat of forenoon, a dark-ribbed, kohl-eyed one.
Sol 6.1