ألاAh! رُبّmany a قرطاسsheet of paper يرُوقُكdelights you حُسنهُits beauty
ألا رُبّ قرطاس يرُوقُك حُسنهُ
ومنظرُهُand its appearance يُغنيكsuffices for you عنin place of كلّevery منظرsight
ومنظرُهُ يُغنيك عن كلّ منظر
Ah, many a sheet of paper delights you with its beauty,
Oh how a sheet of paper can delight you with its beauty
and its appearance leaves you needing no other sight.
And its appearance can suffice you instead of any scene
تُشاهدهُyou behold it منfrom فوقabove السّوادthe blackness اصفرارهits yellow hue
تُشاهدهُ من فوق السّواد اصفراره
كأغصانlike branches إبريزpure gold علىon أرضground عنبرambergris
كأغصان إبريز على أرض عنبر
You behold its yellow hue above the blackness,
You look upon its yellowness above the blackness
like branches of pure gold on a ground of ambergris.
Like boughs of ivory on a ground of amber
Sol 6.1