جاءتْكَshe came to you فيin طيفِa phantom خيالٍimagination حكَتْshe resembled
جاءتْكَ في طيفِ خيالٍ حكَتْ
طيفَa phantom خيالٍimagination هزَّswayed أَعطافَهْits flanks
طيفَ خيالٍ هزَّ أَعطافَهْ
She came to you in a phantom vision, resembling
She came to you in a dream of fantasy
A phantom vision that swayed its flanks.
A dream of fantasy that shook its sides
مصريةٌEgyptian (feminine) فيin نورِthe light of شاميةٍSyrian (feminine)
مصريةٌ في نورِ شاميةٍ
ياO حينَdoom ذيthis الشمعةِthe candle طوَّافَهْever circling (feminine)
يا حينَ ذي الشمعةِ طوَّافَهْ
An Egyptian in a Syrian's light—
An Egyptian in the light of a Levantine
Alas for her, circling this candle!
O time of the candle and its orbit
Sol 6.1