جاءتْarrived هديَّتُكَyour gift التيwhich
جاءتْ هديَّتُكَ التي
هيit شمسُناour sun بعدَafter الغيابabsence; sunset
هي شمسُنا بعدَ الغياب
Your gift has arrived, which
Your gift has arrived,
is our sun after sunset.
It is our sun after absence,
حلَّيْتَyou adorned أفْقَthe horizon of مَحلِّناour dwelling
حلَّيْتَ أفْقَ مَحلِّنا
منهاfrom it بنَجْمٍwith a star أوor شِهابa meteor
منها بنَجْمٍ أو شِهاب
You adorned our dwelling’s horizon
You have adorned our horizon,
with a star or meteor from it,
With a star or a shooting star,
بسَليلَةِwith the daughter of النَّحلِthe bees الكَريnoble (continued next line)
بسَليلَةِ النَّحلِ الكَري
مcompletion of “noble” شقيقةِsister to النُّطَفِthe drops العِذابsweet
م شقيقةِ النُّطَفِ العِذاب
with the daughter of noble bees,
With the progeny of industrious bees,
sister to the sweet drops,
And the agony of droplets,
صُفرyellow الجُسومِthe bodies كأنماas though
صُفر الجُسومِ كأنما
صِيغَتْwere cast منfrom الذَّهَبِgold المُذابmolten
صِيغَتْ من الذَّهَبِ المُذاب
yellow-bodied, as though
Their yellow bodies as if,
cast from molten gold.
Molten from melted gold,
فكأنَّso it is as though ماءَthe water of الحُسنِbeauty إذwhen
فكأنَّ ماءَ الحُسنِ إذ
شَرَقَتْshe shone بهwith it ماءُthe water of الشَّبابyouth
شَرَقَتْ به ماءُ الشَّباب
So the water of beauty, when
So the water of beauty when,
she shines with it, seems the water of youth.
The water of youth shone through,
فإذاand when ذَكَتْblazed up نيرانُهاher fires
فإذا ذَكَتْ نيرانُها
ليلاًat night وجَدَّتand grew fierce فيin التهابblazing
ليلاً وجَدَّت في التهاب
And when her fires blaze
And if its fires are lit,
at night and burn fiercely,
At night they blaze in fervor,
أنساكَmade you forget طِيبُthe fragrance of دُخانِهاher smoke
أنساكَ طِيبُ دُخانِها
طِيبَthe fragrance of العبيرِblended perfume أوor المَلابmalāb perfume
طِيبَ العبيرِ أو المَلاب
the fragrance of her smoke makes you forget
Its fragrant smoke makes me forget,
the fragrance of blended perfume or malāb.
The scent of amber or labdanum,
وإذاand when عرَتْهاovertook her مَرْضةٌan illness
وإذا عرَتْها مَرْضةٌ
فَشِفَاؤُّهاthen her cure ضَربُstriking الرِّقابthe necks
فَشِفَاؤُّها ضَربُ الرِّقاب
And when an illness overtakes her,
And if sickness exposes it,
then her cure is the severing of necks.
Its cure is beheading,
تَثنيshe turns الدُّجىthe darkness عنaway from لونِهits color
تَثني الدُّجى عن لونِه
فيعودُso it returns مُبْيَضَّwhitened الحِجابthe veil
فيعودُ مُبْيَضَّ الحِجاب
She turns the darkness from its hue,
It turns away the darkness from its color,
so it returns with its veil turned white.
Returning whitened from the veil,
لولاwere it not for غرائبُthe wonders of فِعلِهاher deeds
لولا غرائبُ فِعلِها
لارْتَدَّit would revert فيin لونِthe color of الغُرابthe raven
لارْتَدَّ في لونِ الغُراب
Were it not for her wondrous deeds,
Were it not for the wonders of its actions,
it would revert to the raven’s hue.
Its color would turn ashen,
Sol 6.1