رَقراقَةٌshimmering فيin السَرابِthe mirage تَحسَبُهاyou take it to be
رَقراقَةٌ في السَرابِ تَحسَبُها
عَلىupon الثَرىthe ground حُلَّةًa robe مِنَof الزَرَدِchain mail
عَلى الثَرى حُلَّةً مِنَ الزَرَدِ
Shimmering in the mirage, you would take it
For a robe of chain mail upon the ground.
كَالدِرعِlike armor لكِنَّهاbut it is مُعَوَّضَةٌprovided with a substitute
كَالدِرعِ لكِنَّها مُعَوَّضَةٌ
عَنِin place of المَساميرِthe rivets كَثرَةَan abundance of العُقَدِthe knots
عَنِ المَساميرِ كَثرَةَ العُقَدِ
Like armor, yet furnished
With a profusion of knots in place of rivets.
سائِرَهاall of it أَعيُنٌeyes مُفَتَّحَةٌwide open
سائِرَها أَعيُنٌ مُفَتَّحَةٌ
لاnot تَرتَضيaccept نِسبَةًa kinship إَلىto جَسَدِa body
لا تَرتَضي نِسبَةً إَلى جَسَدِ
It is all wide-open eyes
That will accept no kinship with a body.
كأنهاas though it were فيin غرورهاits deceit زخرفthe glitter of الدthe wor-
كأنها في غرورها زخرف الد
نيا-ld المشوبmingled السرورjoy بالنكدِwith misery
نيا المشوب السرور بالنكدِ
As though, in its deceit, it were the glitter of the wor-
ld, whose joy is mingled with misery.
Sol 6.1