ويومِand a day بَرْدٍcold عقودُهits necklaces بَرَدٌhail
ويومِ بَرْدٍ عقودُه بَرَدٌ
لهاfor them سلوكٌthreads منfrom هَيْدَبِthe trailing fringe of المَطَرِrain
لها سلوكٌ من هَيْدَبِ المَطَرِ
And a day in a mantle whose necklaces are hailstones,
And a cold day, whose necklaces are hail,
its cords drawn from the rain’s trailing fringe.
with threads of rain's trailing fringe.
يَنْثُرهscatters it الجوُّthe sky ثمthen تنِظمstrings together منfrom
يَنْثُره الجوُّ ثم تنِظم من
هit الأرضُthe earth فيin الحالthe present moment كلَّevery منتثِرscattered thing
ه الأرضُ في الحال كلَّ منتثِر
The sky scatters it; then from it
The sky scatters it; then, from
the earth at once strings every scattered bead.
it, the earth at once strings every scattered bead.
فهْوso it يحاكيresembles الثُّغورَteeth فيin اللونِcolor والand the
فهْو يحاكي الثُّغورَ في اللونِ وال
لُطْفِdelicacy وعذْبِand sweetness of الرُّضابsaliva والخَصَرand coolness
لُطْفِ وعذْبِ الرُّضاب والخَصَر
Thus it mimics mouths—their gleaming front teeth—in color and
So it resembles teeth in color and
delicacy, sweet saliva, and danger.
delicacy, the sweetness of saliva, and coolness.
وجمرُand the embers of كانونِناour brazier يُماثلهresembles it
وجمرُ كانونِنا يُماثله
فعلاًin action بماthrough what بَثَّهscattered it منof الشَّررthe sparks
فعلاً بما بَثَّه من الشَّرر
And the embers in our brazier resemble it
And our brazier's embers resemble it
indeed, in the sparks they scatter:
in action, through the sparks they scatter.
كأنas though ذاكthat الشرارthe sparks منof ذهبgold
كأن ذاك الشرار من ذهب
قُراضةٌfilings تستطيرfly about منfrom نُقَرingots
قُراضةٌ تستطير من نُقَر
as if those sparks were gold
As though those sparks were gold
filings flying from a graver’s strokes.
filings flying from ingots.
والغيمand the clouds يبكيweeps والرعدand the thunder يضحكlaughs والand the
والغيم يبكي والرعد يضحك وال
برقlightning يُديمsustains ابتسامَthe smile of ذيone with خَفرbashfulness
برق يُديم ابتسامَ ذي خَفر
The cloud weeps, thunder laughs, and
And the clouds weep, and thunder laughs, and the
lightning sustains the smile of a bashful beauty.
lightning sustains a bashful one's smile.
وبينناand among us روضةٌa garden مفوَّفةٌvariegated
وبيننا روضةٌ مفوَّفةٌ
ببيتِwith a line of شعرٍpoetry يَروقdelights أوor خبرa tale
ببيتِ شعرٍ يَروق أو خبر
Between us lies a many-colored meadow,
And among us lies a garden, variegated
where delightful verse or story grows;
with a pleasing line of verse or a tale.
نَقِطفwe pluck أزهارهاits flowers والand the
نَقِطف أزهارها وال
أفواهُmouths أكمامُthe calyces of ذلكthat الثَّمرfruit
أفواهُ أكمامُ ذلك الثَّمر
its written dots are its blossoms, and
We pluck its flowers, and the
mouths are the calyces of that fruit.
mouths are the calyces of that fruit.
Sol 6.1