فَحماًcharcoal قَدَّمpresented الغُلامُthe lad فَأَهدىand so he bestowed
فَحماً قَدَّم الغُلامُ فَأَهدى
فيin كَوانينهhis braziers حَياةَlife النُفوسِof souls
في كَوانينه حَياةَ النُفوسِ
The lad presented charcoal, and so bestowed
The young man offered warm milk
in his braziers the life of souls.
And in his goblets was the life of souls
كانَit was كَالآبَنوسِlike ebony غَيرَnot مَحَلّىًadorned
كانَ كَالآبَنوسِ غَيرَ مَحَلّىً
فَغَداthen it became وَهُوَwhile it was مُذهَبُgilded الآبَنوسِebony
فَغَدا وَهُوَ مُذهَبُ الآبَنوسِ
It was like ebony, unadorned;
It was like unflavored apricot juice
then it became gilded ebony.
Yet it became, tinted like apricot juice
لَقىit met النارَthe fire فيin ثِيابِclothes حِدادٍof mourning
لَقى النارَ في ثِيابِ حِدادٍ
فَكَسَتهُso she clothed it مُصَبَّغاتِdyed garments عَروسِof a bride
فَكَسَتهُ مُصَبَّغاتِ عَروسِ
It met the fire in mourning clothes,
It met fire in the clothes of mourning
so she clothed it in a bride’s dyed robes.
And dyed him in the colors of a bride
Sol 6.1