ويومِand a day أُنسٍpleasant companionship راقناcharmed us أصيلُهُits late afternoon
ويومِ أُنسٍ راقنا أصيلُهُ
بنهرِby a river روضٍa garden سُندُسيِّof fine silk الورقِthe leaves
بنهرِ روضٍ سُندُسيِّ الورقِ
And a day of delight—its late afternoon charmed us,
On a day of intimacy we strolled
By a river in a garden with silken leaves.
By a river, its leaves glossy green,
لماwhen توارتْhid from view بالحجابِbehind the veil شمسُهُits sun
لما توارتْ بالحجابِ شمسُهُ
وأبدرتْand grew full-moon bright ساعاتُهُits hours بالغَسَقِat dusk
وأبدرتْ ساعاتُهُ بالغَسَقِ
When its sun vanished behind the veil,
When its sun hid behind a veil
And its hours shone moon-bright at dusk,
And its hours donned the dusk's screen,
أطلَّappeared منfrom أُفْقِthe horizon السماءِthe sky كوكبٌa star
أطلَّ من أُفْقِ السماءِ كوكبٌ
علىabove الخليجِthe river channel واضحُclear التألُّقِthe radiance
على الخليجِ واضحُ التألُّقِ
A star appeared from the sky’s horizon,
A star peered out of the sky's rim,
Above the river channel, shining clear and bright.
Bright and sparkling on the scene,
والنهرُand the river صافٍclear ماؤُهُits water مُفَضَّضٌsilvered
والنهرُ صافٍ ماؤُهُ مُفَضَّضٌ
والنجمُand the star فيهin it كذبالٍlike a wick مُشْرِقِglowing
والنجمُ فيه كذبالٍ مُشْرِقِ
And the river was clear, its water silvered,
The limpid river in splendor flowed,
And the star in it was like a glowing wick,
The star within it dazzling, serene,
تحملهshe carries it خَوْدٌa lovely maiden لدىat لبَّتهاher upper chest
تحمله خَوْدٌ لدى لبَّتها
خَوْفَfor fear of الصِّباthe east wind تحتَbeneath قناعٍa veil أزرقblue
خَوْفَ الصِّبا تحتَ قناعٍ أزرق
Which a lovely maiden carries at her breast,
Borne by a beauty whose charm I adored,
For fear of the east wind, beneath a blue veil.
Veiled in blue, fearing the zephyr’s keen.
Sol 6.1