لِمَنِwhose الدارُthe dwelling وَالرُسومُand the traces العَوافيfading away
لِمَنِ الدارُ وَالرُسومُ العَوافي
بَينَbetween سَلعٍSalʿ وَأَبرَقِand Abraq العَزّافِal-ʿAzzāf
بَينَ سَلعٍ وَأَبرَقِ العَزّافِ
Whose are the dwelling and the fading traces,
Between Salʿ and Abraq al-ʿAzzāf?
دارُthe dwelling of خَودٍa tender maiden تَشفيsoothes الضَجيعَthe bedmate بِعَذبِwith something sweet الthe (article continued before 'taste')
دارُ خَودٍ تَشفي الضَجيعَ بِعَذبِ ال
طَعمِtaste مُزٍّtangy وَبارِدٍand cool كَالسُلافِlike choice wine
طَعمِ مُزٍّ وَبارِدٍ كَالسُلافِ
The dwelling of a tender maiden who soothes her bedmate with something sweet to the
taste, tangy and cool as choice wine.
ماnot تَراهاyou see her عَلىin a state of التَعَطُّلِbeing unadorned وَالبِذand plain dress (word begins)
ما تَراها عَلى التَعَطُّلِ وَالبِذ
لَةِ(completion of 'plain dress') إِلّاexcept كَدُرَّةِlike a pearl الأَصدافِthe shells
لَةِ إِلّا كَدُرَّةِ الأَصدافِ
You never see her, though unadorned and in plain
dress, except as a pearl from its shell.
Sol 6.1