خليفةُthe caliph الملكof the realm ترىyou see عندهin his presence
خليفةُ الملك ترى عنده
خليفةَthe successor الشمسof the sun تجلّيshe dispels الظُّلَمْdarkness
خليفةَ الشمس تجلّي الظُّلَمْ
The caliph of the realm—you see in his presence
The Caliph's successor you see has
the sun's successor, dispelling darkness.
A successor to the sun, dispelling the darkness
ذابلةٌa slender lance فيin الصُّفرِbrass مركوزَةٌplanted upright
ذابلةٌ في الصُّفرِ مركوزَةٌ
لهاshe has منof النّارfire سِنانٌa spearhead خذِمkeen-edged
لها من النّار سِنانٌ خذِم
A slender lance planted in brass,
Wilted in the yellow, coagulated
she has a keen spearhead of fire.
With fiery fangs, worn down
تُبْديshe displays منof الشمعwax قراًa back مُدْمَجاًcompactly formed
تُبْدي من الشمع قراً مُدْمَجاً
لولاbut for نُخاعُthe marrow of القُطْنِcotton لمnot يَسْتقمْstand straight
لولا نُخاعُ القُطْنِ لم يَسْتقمْ
She displays a compact back of wax,
Showing from the wax a molded cavity
which, but for cotton's marrow, would not stand straight.
Were it not for the wick's pith, it would not stand straight
فجسمهاso her body منof ذهبٍgold جامدٍsolid
فجسمها من ذهبٍ جامدٍ
يُذيبُهُmelts it روحٌa spirit لهbelonging to it مُضْطَرِمblazing
يُذيبُهُ روحٌ له مُضْطَرِم
Her body, then, is of solid gold,
So its body is of solid gold
melted by its own blazing spirit.
Melted by a spirit burning within
تَقْطفُyou clip منfrom هامتهاher crown فَضْلَةًan excess bit
تَقْطفُ من هامتها فَضْلَةً
قطفكَyour clipping بالمقراضwith shears رأسَthe head of القلمthe pen
قطفكَ بالمقراض رأسَ القلم
You clip an excess bit from her crown,
It plucks from its braid an excess
as you clip a pen's head with shears.
Your plucking with pincers, the pen's head
فنورهاso her light منfrom ذاكthat مُسْتَأنَفٌrenewed
فنورها من ذاك مُسْتَأنَفٌ
كأنّهُas though it were الصحّةُhealth بعْدَafter السّقَمsickness
كأنّهُ الصحّةُ بعْدَ السّقَم
Thus her light is renewed by that,
So its light from that is renewable
as though it were health after sickness.
As if it were health after illness
يأكلهاdevours her وهيَwhile she غذاءٌfood لهfor it
يأكلها وهيَ غذاءٌ له
منهاfrom her لسانٌa tongue وهوَand it فيin غَيرِother than فمa mouth
منها لسانٌ وهوَ في غَيرِ فم
It devours her, while she is its food—
He eats it and it is nourishment for him
a tongue from her, though it is in no mouth.
From it a tongue though it has no mouth
كأنّهاas though she were راقصةٌa dancer بينناamong us
كأنّها راقصةٌ بيننا
لمdid not تنتقلْmove فيin الرّقصthe dance منهاof hers قدمa foot
لم تنتقلْ في الرّقص منها قدم
She is like a dancer among us;
It's as if it were a dancer among us
not a foot of hers has moved in the dance.
Whose feet never moved in the dance
قائمةٌstanding فيin مَلبَسٍa garment أصْفَرٍyellow
قائمةٌ في مَلبَسٍ أصْفَرٍ
قدindeed حرّكتْshe set in motion منهof it لناfor us فَرْدَa single كُمsleeve
قد حرّكتْ منه لنا فَرْدَ كُم
Standing in a yellow garment,
Standing in yellow attire
she has set a single sleeve of it moving for us.
From which it stirred for us a single fold
Sol 6.1