ويومٍand a day كأنَّas though الشمسthe sun منfrom فَرطِthe intensity of بردهits cold
ويومٍ كأنَّ الشمس من فَرطِ برده
غداbecame حَرُّهاits heat فيon الأرضthe earth بَردَthe chill of جَليدِice
غدا حَرُّها في الأرض بَردَ جَليدِ
And a day so bitterly cold that the sun seemed
On a day when the sun was so cold
To have its heat on earth turn to the chill of ice.
Its heat on earth became icy cold
شببناwe kindled بهon it ناراًa fire كأنَّas though ضرامَهاits blaze
شببنا به ناراً كأنَّ ضرامَها
تورُّدُthe rosy flush of خَدٍّa cheek أوor فؤادُthe heart of حسودِan envious person
تورُّدُ خَدٍّ أو فؤادُ حسودِ
On it we kindled a fire whose blaze seemed
We lit a fire with it, whose flames
The flush of a cheek, or an envier's heart.
Seemed like blushing cheeks or an envious heart
تدبُّit creeps دبيبthe creeping of الراحwine فيthrough الروحthe soul والتظتand it blazed
تدبُّ دبيب الراح في الروح والتظت
تلظِّيthe blazing of حِقدٍrancor فيin ضلوعthe ribs of حقودِa spiteful person
تلظِّي حِقدٍ في ضلوع حقودِ
It creeps like wine through the soul, and has flared
The breeze stirs in the soul and body
Like rancor blazing in a spiteful person's ribs.
Kindling resentment in unforgiving chests
بفحمٍwith charcoal كأيّامlike days of الوصالunion فعالهits effect
بفحمٍ كأيّام الوصال فعاله
ومنظرُهُand its appearance فيin العينthe eye يومُa day of صدودrejection
ومنظرُهُ في العين يومُ صدود
With charcoal whose effect is like days of union,
With embers like the days of union, their form
Yet whose appearance to the eye is a day of rejection.
In the eyes on the day of estrangement
كأنَّas though لهيبَthe flame of النارthe fire بينamid خلالهِits gaps
كأنَّ لهيبَ النار بين خلالهِ
بوارقُlightning flashes لاحتappeared فيin غمائمclouds سُودِblack
بوارقُ لاحت في غمائم سُودِ
As though the fire's flame amid its gaps
As if among the flames of fire
Were lightning flashes gleaming in black clouds.
Lightning flashed in dark clouds
Sol 6.1