بَيضاءُfair-skinned woman إِنif لَبِسَتshe wears بَياضاًwhite خِلتَهاyou would think her
بَيضاءُ إِن لَبِسَت بَياضاً خِلتَها
كَالياسِمينَlike jasmine مُنَضَّداًneatly arranged فيin مَجلِسِa sitting room
كَالياسِمينَ مُنَضَّداً في مَجلِسِ
Fair-skinned—if she wears white, you would think her
White-skinned, if clad in white, her beauty
like jasmine neatly arranged in a sitting room.
Is like jasmine arranged in a sitting room.
وَإِذاand when بَدَتshe appears فيin حُمرَةٍred فَكَأَنَّهاthen she is like
وَإِذا بَدَت في حُمرَةٍ فَكَأَنَّها
وَردٌa rose مِنَof الدارِيِّthe Dārī rose variety حُسناًin beauty مُكتَسيclothed
وَردٌ مِنَ الدارِيِّ حُسناً مُكتَسي
And when she appears in red, she is like
If she appears in redness, it's as though she
a Dārī rose, clothed in beauty.
Were a rose from an orchard, beautifully clad.
وَإِذاand when بَدَتshe appears فيin صُفرَةٍyellow فَكَأَنَّهاthen she is like
وَإِذا بَدَت في صُفرَةٍ فَكَأَنَّها
نِسرَينُeglantine (wild rose) بُستانٍa garden كَريمِfine المَغرِسِthe planting ground
نِسرَينُ بُستانٍ كَريمِ المَغرِسِ
And when she appears in yellow, she is like
If she appears in yellow, it's as though she
an eglantine from a garden of fine soil.
Were a narcissus of a generous garden.
وَإِذاand when بَدَتshe appears فيin خُضرَةٍgreen فيin صُفرَةٍyellow
وَإِذا بَدَت في خُضرَةٍ في صُفرَةٍ
فَكَأَنَّهاthen she is like لِلحُسنِin beauty باقَةُa bouquet نَرجِسِnarcissi
فَكَأَنَّها لِلحُسنِ باقَةُ نَرجِسِ
And when she appears in green and yellow,
If she appears in green over yellow,
then, in beauty, she is like a bouquet of narcissi.
It's as though for beauty she's a narcissus bouquet.
Sol 6.1