ويومٍand a day ضاحكlaughing يبكيweeps
ويومٍ ضاحك يبكي
ضعيفُfrail مَعاقدِknots السِّلْكthe thread
ضعيفُ مَعاقدِ السِّلْك
And a laughing day that weeps,
A laughing day weeps
with frail knots in its thread.
Weak are the knots of wire
إذاwhen انهملتْpoured down سحائبهits clouds
إذا انهملتْ سحائبه
ودمعيand my tears خِلْتُنيI imagined myself المَحْكِيthe one being imitated
ودمعي خِلْتُني المَحْكِي
When its clouds pour down
When its clouds disperse
and my tears with them, I fancy myself the one it imitates.
And my tears have let me down
يَشُوبmingles ببَرْدهwith its chill بَرَداhail
يَشُوب ببَرْده بَرَدا
كمَبْسِمِlike the smiling mouth of مَنْthe one who حَوَىpossessed مِلْكِيmy possessions
كمَبْسِمِ مَنْ حَوَى مِلْكِي
It mingles hail with its chill,
Its coldness mingles with cold
like the smiling mouth of the one who holds all I own.
Like the smile of one who harbors my torment
كأنas though الريحthe wind تنثرهscatters it
كأن الريح تنثره
علىover الأرضينthe lands فيin وَشْكhaste
على الأرضين في وَشْك
As though the wind scatters it
As if the wind scatters it
over the lands in haste,
On the ground about to
تُغَرْبِلsifts منfrom خِلالthe spaces between الدُّthe pearls (word begins here)
تُغَرْبِل من خِلال الدُّ
رِّ(completion of 'pearls') كافوراcamphor علىonto مِسْكmusk
رِّ كافورا على مِسْك
sifting through the
Sift through the pearls
pearls, camphor onto musk.
Camphor on musk
Sol 6.1