سَقْياًmay rain fall لِعَهْدٍupon a time رُدْتُهُI visited it رَأْدَthe early part of الضُّحَىthe forenoon
سَقْياً لِعَهْدٍ رُدْتُهُ رَأْدَ الضُّحَى
وَحَمَامُهُand its doves طَرَباًin rapture يُنَاغِيcoos to البُلبُلاthe nightingale
وَحَمَامُهُ طَرَباً يُنَاغِي البُلبُلا
May rain bless the time I visited it in early forenoon,
while its doves, in rapture, cooed to the nightingale.
شَتَّىvaried مَحاسِنهits beauties فَمِنand among زَهرflowers علَىabove
شَتَّى مَحاسِنه فَمِن زَهر علَى
نَهْرٍa river يَسيلُflows كالحُبابِlike bubbles تَسَلْسُلاin linked succession
نَهْرٍ يَسيلُ كالحُبابِ تَسَلْسُلا
Manifold are its beauties: among them flowers above
a river flowing like bubbles in an unbroken chain.
وَكَأَنَّمَاand as though فَاحَgave off fragrance الرَّبِيعُspring لِقَطْفِهِfor plucking it
وَكَأَنَّمَا فَاحَ الرَّبِيعُ لِقَطْفِهِ
وَاستَلَّand drew out مِنهُfrom it يَذوذُwards off عَنهُfrom it مُنصُلاa blade
وَاستَلَّ مِنهُ يَذوذُ عَنهُ مُنصُلا
And as though spring breathed fragrance to invite its plucking,
and drew from it a blade to defend it.
غَربَتsank بِهِwithin it شَمسthe sun الظَّهِيرَةِof noon لاnot تَنِيslackens
غَربَت بِهِ شَمس الظَّهِيرَةِ لا تَنِي
إِحْراقَscorching صَفحَتِهِits surface لَهِيباًa flame مُشعَلاblazing
إِحْراقَ صَفحَتِهِ لَهِيباً مُشعَلا
The noonday sun sank within it, never ceasing
to scorch its surface with a blazing flame,
حَتَّىuntil كَسَاهُclothed it الدَّوْحُthe great trees مِنfrom أَفيائِهِtheir shade
حَتَّى كَسَاهُ الدَّوْحُ مِن أَفيائِهِ
بُرْداًa mantle تَمَزَّقَwas torn بِالأَصائِلِin the late afternoons هَلْهَلاthreadbare
بُرْداً تَمَزَّقَ بِالأَصائِلِ هَلْهَلا
until the great trees clothed it out of their shade
in a mantle torn to tatters in the late afternoon.
وَكَأنَّماand as though لمَعpatches الظِّلالِof shadow بِمَتْنِهِupon its back
وَكَأنَّما لمَع الظِّلالِ بِمَتْنِهِ
قِطَعpieces الدِّماءof blood جمَدْنَthey congealed حِينَwhen تَخَلَّلاit threaded through
قِطَع الدِّماء جمَدْنَ حِينَ تَخَلَّلا
And the patches of shadow upon its back seemed
like clots of blood, congealed as it threaded through.
Sol 6.1