وَلَيلٍand a night كَكُحلِlike the kohl of العَينِthe eye خُضتُI plunged through ظَلامَهُits darkness
وَلَيلٍ كَكُحلِ العَينِ خُضتُ ظَلامَهُ
بِأَزرَقَwith a blue spear لَمّاعٍflashing وَأَبيَضَand a white sword صارِمِkeen-edged
بِأَزرَقَ لَمّاعٍ وَأَبيَضَ صارِمِ
And a night like eye-kohl—I plunged through its darkness,
And to a night like kohl in the eyes I endured its darkness
with a flashing blue spear and a keen white sword,
With shimmering blue and piercing white
وَطَيّارَةٍand a flying she-camel بِالرَحلِwith the saddle حَرفٍlean and hardy كَأَنَّهاas though she
وَطَيّارَةٍ بِالرَحلِ حَرفٍ كَأَنَّها
تُصافِحُshakes hands with رَضراضَsmall fragments of الحَصىthe gravel بِجَّماجِمِwith skulls
تُصافِحُ رَضراضَ الحَصى بِجَّماجِمِ
and a lean she-camel, flying with her saddle, as though
And a plane with journeys a letter as though it
she shakes hands with the gravel with skulls for feet.
Greets the clatter of pebbles with skulls
Sol 6.1