أحببHow dear! إليto me بفتيةyoung men (exclamatory complement) نادمتهمI drank with them
أحبب إلي بفتية نادمتهم
بينbetween المحلةthe quarter والقبابand the domes البيضwhite
بين المحلة والقباب البيض
How dear to me are the young men with whom I drank,
Let me walk where my beloved once frequented
between the quarter and the white domes!
Among the dwellings and white domes
منof كلeach محضpure الجاهليةpre-Islamic paganism معرقdeeply rooted
من كل محض الجاهلية معرق
فيin الخرميةKhurramism بالعداtoward enemies عريضprovocative
في الخرمية بالعدا عريض
Each a pagan through and through, deeply rooted
Pure breds of Ignorance, dripping
in Khurramism, provocative toward his foes.
With green henna on their palms
وسمواthey marked الأكفthe palms بخضرةwith green فكأنماso it was as though
وسموا الأكف بخضرة فكأنما
غرسواthey planted بهاon them الريحانbasil فيin الإغريضwhite blossoms
غرسوا بها الريحان في الإغريض
They marked their palms with green, as though
As though they had planted
they had planted basil there amid white blossoms.
Sweet basil in the meadows
Sol 6.1