ذرَّscattered كافورَcamphor ثلجِهِits snow الجوُّthe sky فيupon الأرthe earth (first fragment)
ذرَّ كافورَ ثلجِهِ الجوُّ في الأر
ضِearth (final fragment) فأضحىso became مزاجُهاits mixture كافوراcamphor
ضِ فأضحى مزاجُها كافورا
The sky scattered the camphor of its snow upon the earth,
The air scattered its camphor snow on earth
so its substance became camphor.
So its composition became camphor
وتلاهand followed it ويْلاهalas! حبُّgrains غمامٍof a cloud
وتلاه ويْلاه حبُّ غمامٍ
فحسبناهُso we took it for لؤلؤاًpearls منثوراscattered
فحسبناهُ لؤلؤاً منثورا
And grains from a cloud followed it—alas!—
Followed by the love of a cloud's lament
so we took them for scattered pearls.
We reckoned it scattered pearls
Sol 6.1