انظرlook إلىat نرجسa narcissus تصدىhas come forth
انظر إلى نرجس تصدى
ينشرunfurls منهfrom it الصباحthe morning طاقهits cloak
ينشر منه الصباح طاقه
Look at a narcissus that has come forth:
Look at the narcissus as it withstands,
morning unfurls its cloak from it.
Morning unfurls from it a page,
أباطيلfalsehoods واصفيهthose who describe it
أباطيل واصفيه
بالحسنas beautiful فيin دفترthe ledger الحماقهfolly
بالحسن في دفتر الحماقه
The falsehoods of those who describe it
Nonsense of those who describe it,
as beautiful belong in the ledger of folly.
As beautiful in the book of folly,
وأيand what حسنbeauty لغيرfor anyone other than صبa lovesick lover
وأي حسن لغير صب
منfrom يرقانjaundice يحلsettles in ماقهits eye’s inner corner
من يرقان يحل ماقه
And what beauty is there, for anyone but a lovesick lover,
What beauty without youth,
in jaundice that settles in the inner corner of its eye?
Of jaundice that descends its veil,
كرأيةlike a banner ركبتwas mounted عليهاupon it
كرأية ركبت عليها
صفرةyellowness بيضeggs علىon رقاقهa thin flatbread
صفرة بيض على رقاقه
Like a banner bearing
Like an opinion she rode,
egg yolks on a thin flatbread.
The yellow of an egg on a thin bread.
Sol 6.1