وحديقةٍand a garden للزعفرانof saffron تأرَّجَتْgrew fragrant
وحديقةٍ للزعفران تأرَّجَتْ
وتبرَّجَتْand adorned herself فيin نسجِa weave وَشْيٍbrocade مُونِقِlovely
وتبرَّجَتْ في نسجِ وَشْيٍ مُونِقِ
And a saffron garden grew fragrant,
and decked herself in a weave of lovely brocade.
شَكتِshe lamented الحيالَbarrenness فألقحَتْهَاthen impregnated her نُطْفَةٌa drop
شَكتِ الحيالَ فألقحَتْهَا نُطْفَةٌ
منfrom صَوْبِthe downpour غاديةِmorning rain الغَمامthe clouds الفُرَّقِscattered
من صَوْبِ غاديةِ الغَمام الفُرَّقِ
She lamented her barrenness; then a drop made her conceive,
from the downpour of scattered morning clouds.
حتَّىuntil إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle حانَarrived وقتُthe time وِلادِهَاher giving birth
حتَّى إِذا ما حانَ وقتُ وِلادِهَا
فتقَsplit open الصَّبَاthe east wind منهاin her الذيthat which لمnot يُفْتَقِbe split open
فتقَ الصَّبَا منها الذي لم يُفْتَقِ
Until, when the time came for her to give birth,
the east wind cleft what in her had never been cleft.
عذراءُa virgin حُبْلَىpregnant قمَّطتْshe swaddled أولادَهاher children
عذراءُ حُبْلَى قمَّطتْ أولادَها
صُفْراًyellow وحُمْراًand red فيin الحريرthe silk الأزرقِblue
صُفْراً وحُمْراً في الحرير الأزرقِ
A pregnant virgin, she swaddled her children,
yellow and red, in blue silk.
وكأنماand as though اقتتلواthey fought one another فأصفرُso a yellow one خائِفٌafraid
وكأنما اقتتلوا فأصفرُ خائِفٌ
بحذاءٍbeside قانٍa crimson one فيin الدِّماءblood مُغَرَّقِdrenched
بحذاءٍ قانٍ في الدِّماء مُغَرَّقِ
And as though they had fought one another—a yellow one, afraid,
beside a crimson one drenched in blood.
Sol 6.1