بَكَرَتit came early تُعيرُlends الأَرضَthe earth لَونَthe color of شَبابِهاits youth
بَكَرَت تُعيرُ الأَرضَ لَونَ شَبابِها
رَحبَيَّةٌRahbiyya (an unclear cloud epithet) مَحمودَةُpraised for التَسكابِthe downpour
رَحبَيَّةٌ مَحمودَةُ التَسكابِ
It came early, lending the earth the color of its youth—
Early dawn lending the earth the hue of its youth,
A Rahbiyya cloud, praised for its downpour.
Spacious and praised for its downpour,
نَشَرَتit scattered أَوائِلَهاits first drops حَياًrain فَكَأَنَّهُso, as though it were
نَشَرَت أَوائِلَها حَياً فَكَأَنَّهُ
نُقَطٌdots عَلىin عَجَلٍhaste بِطينِon the clay of كِتابِa letter
نُقَطٌ عَلى عَجَلٍ بِطينِ كِتابِ
It scattered its first rain, as though it were
It spread its early rain alive, as though
Dots hastily marked on the clay seal of a letter.
Dots on the nascent clay of a scroll.
Sol 6.1