وقَفِتshe stood علىupon الغُصنِthe bough الجديدِnew كأنّماas though
وقَفِت على الغُصنِ الجديدِ كأنّما
تلهُوshe plays بهِwith it فيin الغَيمِthe clouds أوor يلهُوit plays بِهاwith her
تلهُو بهِ في الغَيمِ أو يلهُو بِها
She stood upon the new bough, as though
She stood upon the newborn branch as though
Playing with it amid the clouds, or it playing with her.
She and the clouds were playing with it impishly
وتستّرتand she hid herself فيin سروةٍa cypress مُلتفّةٍdensely clustered
وتستّرت في سروةٍ مُلتفّةٍ
حِجبتit concealed عنِfrom الأبصارthe eyes شخصَthe figure of رقيبهاher watcher
حِجبت عنِ الأبصار شخصَ رقيبها
And she hid herself in a densely clustered cypress,
And took cover in a coiled pine tree
Which concealed her watcher's figure from sight.
Shielding from sight her watchman's form thereby
فكأنّماand as though ريحُthe wind of الجَنوبِthe south تغايرتgrew jealous
فكأنّما ريحُ الجَنوبِ تغايرت
ألاthat not تُرىshe be seen إلاّexcept لوقتِat the time of هُبوبهاits blowing
ألا تُرى إلاّ لوقتِ هُبوبها
It was as though the south wind had grown jealous,
As though the warm southerly wind had changed
That she should be seen only when it blew.
Invisible unless when in its blowing
باتَتit spent the night تُغازُلهاcourting her فلمّاthen when أصبحتmorning came
باتَت تُغازُلها فلمّا أصبحت
بَرزتshe appeared لناto us كالشّمسِlike the sun تبلbefore (assuming a typo for قبل) غُروبهاits setting
بَرزت لنا كالشّمسِ تبل غُروبها
It spent the night courting her; then, when morning came,
It stayed to caress her, and when daybreak came
She appeared to us like the sun before its setting (reading تبل as قبل).
She rose before us like the sun, her glowing
Sol 6.1