انظُرْlook إلىat الفحمthe charcoal فيin الكانونthe brazier حينwhen بَداappeared
انظُرْ إلى الفحم في الكانون حين بَدا
سوادُهits blackness فوقabove مُحْمَرٍّa red glow منof اللَّهَبِthe flame
سوادُه فوق مُحْمَرٍّ من اللَّهَبِ
Look at the charcoal in the brazier, when there appeared
Look at the charcoal in the brazier when its
Its blackness above the crimson glow of the flame.
Blackness appeared over reddish flames
تَخالُyou imagine ماwhat لاحَshone منfrom حُسْنِbeauty اجتماعِهماtheir union
تَخالُ ما لاحَ من حُسْنِ اجتماعِهما
لمْحامنa flash of البرقِlightning فيin جَوْنٍa dark mass منof السُّحُبthe clouds
لمْحامن البرقِ في جَوْنٍ من السُّحُب
You would take what shone from their lovely union for
The beauty of their gathering resembles
A flash of lightning in a dark bank of clouds,
Flashes of lightning in a cloudy sky
أوor عِمّةًa turban منof حِدادٍmourning لمdid not تَعُمَّenvelop completely ولمand did not
أو عِمّةً من حِدادٍ لم تَعُمَّ ولم
تَسْتُرcover قَلَنْسُوةَa cap حَمْراred منof الذَّهبgold
تَسْتُر قَلَنْسُوةَ حَمْرا من الذَّهب
Or a mourning turban that did not fully envelop, nor
Or a widow's dress that did not cover
Cover a red cap of gold.
A red skullcap of gold
Sol 6.1