للهِto God (expressing admiration) يومٌa day أَنالَهbestowed it النيلُthe Nile
للهِ يومٌ أَنالَه النيلُ
لحُسْنِهfor its beauty جملةٌa whole وتَفْصيلُand detail
لحُسْنِه جملةٌ وتَفْصيلُ
God be praised for the day the Nile bestowed!
Its beauty is in the whole and in each detail.
فيin منظرٍa scene مشرقٍradiant علىabove خضْرٍgreen fields
في منظرٍ مشرقٍ على خضْرٍ
كأنهas though it were فيin الظلامthe darkness قِنْديلa lantern
كأنه في الظلام قِنْديل
In a radiant scene above green fields,
as though it were a lantern in the dark.
تبدىappeared لناto us جانباthe two sides of جزيرتهits island
تبدى لنا جانبا جزيرته
أشياءَthings فيهاin them للعينfor the eye تأميلlingering contemplation
أشياءَ فيها للعين تأميل
The two sides of its island appeared to us—
sights for the eye to linger over.
كأنماas though البحرُthe river (literally, sea) عندat مفتَرقthe parting of الthe
كأنما البحرُ عند مفتَرق ال
ماءَيْنِtwo streams منfrom رأسِهاits tip سَراويلtrousers
ماءَيْنِ من رأسِها سَراويل
As though the river, at the parting of the
two streams from the island's tip, were trousers.
ورَقْمهand its embroidery الجسرthe bridge وتفريكهand its creasing الthe
ورَقْمه الجسر وتفريكه ال
موجُwaves وتَكُّand fitting a drawstring الخليجthe canal تكميلcompletion
موجُ وتَكُّ الخليج تكميل
Their embroidery is the bridge; their creases, the
waves; and the canal, their drawstring, completes them.
Sol 6.1