لهhe has يدٌa hand للندىfor bounty لوif أنّهاthat it خُلقَتْwas created
له يدٌ للندى لو أنّها خُلقَتْ
قبلَbefore النّدىbounty ماnot تَسَمّىcalled itself غَيرَهاother than it الكرَمُgenerosity
قبلَ النّدى ما تَسَمّى غَيرَها الكرَمُ
He has a hand for bounty; had it been created
He has a generous hand for bounty, if only it had been created
before bounty, generosity would have taken that hand's name alone.
Before bounty itself - nothing else would be called generous but it
تُريكَshows you قطراًrain وتكسوand clothes الطرسthe page آونةًat times
تُريكَ قطراً وتكسو الطرس آونةً
زهراًblossoms إلاonly مثلthe like of هذاthis تصنَعُproduce الدِّيَمُthe steady rains
زهراً إلا مثل هذا تصنَعُ الدِّيَمُ
It shows you rain and, at times, clothes the page
It shows you a raindrop and clothes bare ground for a while
in blossoms—only the like of this do the steady rains produce.
With flowers - only the likes of this can adornments make
لاno بَلْrather هوhe البحرُthe sea والبحرُand the sea الخضمُّvast علىover
لا بَلْ هو البحرُ والبحرُ الخضمُّ على
ماwhat فاتهeluded it منهof him بالأمواجwith the waves يَلتْطمُbeats itself
ما فاته منه بالأمواج يَلتْطمُ
No, rather, he is the sea; and the vast sea, for
No, but it is the sea, the vast sea, surging with waves
what it cannot match in him, beats itself with waves.
To make up for what has escaped it in foam
Sol 6.1