قَطَائِفُكَyour qatayif pastries التيwhich رَقّتْgrew delicate جُسُوماًin body
قَطَائِفُكَ التي رَقّتْ جُسُوماً
لِمَاfor the one who… (word fragment) ضِغها…chews them (word fragment) كَماjust as فَتَّتْshattered قُلُوبَاhearts
لِمَا ضِغها كَما فَتَّتْ قُلُوبَا
Your qatayif, whose bodies grew delicate,
Your tears that softened bodies
for the one who chews them, just as they shattered hearts;
For what pained them as hearts were shattered
كَغْيمٍlike a cloud رَقَّgrew thin لِكِنْbut فِيهِin it قَطرٌrain
كَغْيمٍ رَقَّ لِكِنْ فِيهِ قَطرٌ
غَدَاbecame المَرْعَىthe pasture الجَدِيبُbarren بِهِthrough it خَصيبَاfertile
غَدَا المَرْعَى الجَدِيبُ بِهِ خَصيبَا
like a cloud grown thin, yet containing rain,
Like clouds softened but with drops in them
through which the barren pasture became fertile.
The barren meadow became fertile with it
فَجَاءَتْso they came وَهْيَwhile they were غَرْقَىsubmerged راسِباتٌsinking
فَجَاءَتْ وَهْيَ غَرْقَى راسِباتٌ
وَلَمْand not تُنْكَرْwas deemed strange مَعَamid الغرَقِdrowning الرُّسُوبَاsinking
وَلَمْ تُنْكَرْ مَعَ الغرَقِ الرُّسُوبَا
So they came, submerged and sinking,
So they came, necks immersed
nor was sinking deemed strange amid drowning.
And with the immersion, did not deny the settlement
لَئِنْeven if رَقّتْgrew thin لابِسُهاtheir wearer (probably intended: their garments) وَحَلَّتْand dwelt
لَئِنْ رَقّتْ لابِسُها وَحَلَّتْ
لِعِظْمِbecause of the greatness of مَحَلِّهاtheir standing الصَّدْرَthe breast الرَّحِيبَاspacious
لِعِظْمِ مَحَلِّها الصَّدْرَ الرَّحِيبَا
Though their garments [reading uncertain] grew thin, they dwelt
If their wearer softened and dissolved
in the spacious breast, because of their great standing.
For the greatness of their place, the vast chest
Sol 6.1