إذاwhenever ماemphatic particle تبدىappears فيamong الغصونthe branches حسبتهI take it for
إذا ما تبدى في الغصون حسبته
نهودbreasts عذارىmaidens مسهنtouched them خلوقsaffron perfume
نهود عذارى مسهن خلوق
Whenever it appears among the branches, I take it for
O maidens whose graces are revealed in the branches,
maidens’ breasts touched by saffron perfume.
I mistook you at first for slender, swaying doves
Sol 6.1