أَهلاًwelcome بِفَجرٍto a dawn قَدalready نَضاshed ثَوبَthe robe of الدُجىdarkness
أَهلاً بِفَجرٍ قَد نَضا ثَوبَ الدُجى
كَالسَيفِlike a sword جُرِّدَwas unsheathed مِنfrom سَوادِthe blackness of قِرابِa scabbard
كَالسَيفِ جُرِّدَ مِن سَوادِ قِرابِ
Welcome to a dawn that has shed the robe of darkness,
like a sword drawn from a scabbard's blackness,
أَوor غادَةٍa graceful maiden شَقَّتshe tore open صِداراًa bodice أَزرَقاًblue
أَو غادَةٍ شَقَّت صِداراً أَزرَقاً
ماthe space بَينَbetween ثُغرتهاthe hollow of her throat إِلىto الأَقرابِthe flanks
ما بَينَ ثُغرتها إِلى الأَقرابِ
or a maiden who has torn open a blue bodice
from the hollow of her throat to her flanks.
Sol 6.1