كأنَّas though البحرَthe sea إذْwhen طَلَعَتْrose ذُكاءٌDhukāʾ (the sun)
كأنَّ البحرَ إذْ طَلَعَتْ ذُكاءٌ
ولاحand gleamed بمتنهon its surface منهاfrom her شعاعُa ray
ولاح بمتنه منها شعاعُ
It was as though the sea, when Dhukāʾ—the sun—rose,
As though the sea, when intelligence rose over it,
and a ray of hers gleamed upon its surface,
Flashed from it a ray, and armies appeared
جيوشٌarmies فيin السوابغِfull coats of mail قدindeed تبدَّىappeared
جيوشٌ في السوابغِ قد تبدَّى
لبيضِof the bright swords الهندِIndia بينهماbetween the two of them التماعa glint
لبيضِ الهندِ بينهما التماع
were armies in full coats of mail; there appeared
In flowing robes, vying, between the brilliance of their arms
a glint of India's bright swords between the two.
And the whiteness of India, in their gleaming.
Sol 6.1