أبُسْتَانَO garden of الرّصَافَةal-Rusafa لاnot
أبُسْتَانَ الرّصَافَة لا
هَوِيتُI loved سِوَاكَother than you بُسْتَاناa garden
هَوِيتُ سِوَاكَ بُسْتَانا
O garden of al-Rusafa, never
have I loved a garden other than you.
تَخَالُyou fancy الدّوْحَthe great trees مُخْتَلِفاًvaried
تَخَالُ الدّوْحَ مُخْتَلِفاً
بِهِwithin it شِيباًgraybeards وَشُبَّاناand youths
بِهِ شِيباً وَشُبَّانا
You fancy the great trees, varied
within it, to be graybeards and youths.
وَقَدْand indeed لَبِسَتhave donned مَفَارِقُهاtheir hair-partings
وَقَدْ لَبِسَت مَفَارِقُها
مِنfrom الأنْداءِthe dew تِيجاناcrowns
مِن الأنْداءِ تِيجانا
And their hair-partings have donned
crowns of dew.
تَجُولُwander بهِthrough it جَدَاوِلُهُits rivulets
تَجُولُ بهِ جَدَاوِلُهُ
وَتَغْشَىand visit النَّهْرَthe river أزْماناat times
وَتَغْشَى النَّهْرَ أزْمانا
Its rivulets wander through it
and visit the river at times.
فَتَحْسَبُهاso you imagine them إِذَاwhen انْسَابَتْthey glide
فَتَحْسَبُها إِذَا انْسَابَتْ
أَراقِمَspeckled snakes زُرْنthey visited ثُعْبَاناa great serpent
أَراقِمَ زُرْن ثُعْبَانا
So you imagine them, when they glide,
as speckled snakes that have visited a great serpent.
Sol 6.1