قَدindeed أَتىhas come الطيلَسانُthe taylasan (a shawl) مُستَوعِباًencompassing entirely شُكgratitude (beginning)
قَد أَتى الطيلَسانُ مُستَوعِباً شُك
ريَmy gratitude (ending) فيin حُسنِbeauty of مَنظَرٍappearance وَرُواءِand comeliness
ريَ في حُسنِ مَنظَرٍ وَرُواءِ
The taylasan has arrived, claiming all my gratitude
The mantle has come, all-encompassing,
with its beautiful appearance and fine aspect.
Stirring doubt in its beauty and softness,
مُثقِلاًweighing down عاتِقيmy shoulder وَإِنand although كانَit is فيin الخِفthe lightness (beginning)
مُثقِلاً عاتِقي وَإِن كانَ في الخِف
فَةِlightness (ending) وَاللُطفِand delicacy فيin قِياسِcomparison with الهَواءِthe air
فَةِ وَاللُطفِ في قِياسِ الهَواءِ
Weighing down my shoulder, though in lightness
Weighing on my shoulders though it be light
and delicacy it is comparable to air.
And gentle, by the measure of the air.
تَسرَحُroams العَينُthe eye مِنهُfrom it وَالقَلبُand the heart فيin الآthe mirage (beginning)
تَسرَحُ العَينُ مِنهُ وَالقَلبُ في الآ
لِmirage (ending) وَفيand in الماءِthe water وَالسَناand radiance وَالبَهاءِand splendor
لِ وَفي الماءِ وَالسَنا وَالبَهاءِ
From it, eye and heart wander through mirage,
My eyes wander over it and my heart
through water, radiance, and splendor.
In the folds, the water, the radiance and splendor.
يَتَلَقّىmeets حَرَّthe heat of الصُدودِestrangement بِبَردِwith the coolness of الthe
يَتَلَقّى حَرَّ الصُدودِ بِبَردِ ال
وَصلِunion وَالصَيفَand summer فيin طِباعِthe nature of الشِتاءِwinter
وَصلِ وَالصَيفَ في طِباعِ الشِتاءِ
It meets the heat of estrangement with the coolness of
It receives the blows of partings with the coolness of union,
union, and summer with the nature of winter.
And summer in the temperament of winter.
يَخفِقُflutters الدَهرُalways فيin النَسيمِthe breeze كَماjust as يَخflutters (beginning)
يَخفِقُ الدَهرُ في النَسيمِ كَما يَخ
فِقُflutters (ending) قَلبُthe heart of الجبانِthe coward فيin الهيجاءbattle
فِقُ قَلبُ الجبانِ في الهيجاء
It flutters always in the breeze, just as
Time flutters in the breeze as flutters
a coward's heart flutters in battle.
The heart of the coward in the fray.
كُلُّevery جزءٍpart مِنهُof it يَمُجُّpours forth إِلىto الأَرthe souls (beginning)
كُلُّ جزءٍ مِنهُ يَمُجُّ إِلى الأَر
واحِsouls (ending) رَوحَthe solace of المُنىhopes وَبَردَand the coolness of الوَفاءِfidelity
واحِ رَوحَ المُنى وَبَردَ الوَفاءِ
Every part of it pours into souls
Every part of it pulses to the spirit
the solace of hopes and the coolness of fidelity.
The wish of union and the coolness of faithfulness.
لَيسَthere is not فيهِin it لِلنّارِfor fire وَالأَرضِand earth حَظٌّa share
لَيسَ فيهِ لِلنّارِ وَالأَرضِ حَظٌّ
هوit مِنof جَوهَرَيthe two substances هواءٍair وَماءِand water
هو مِن جَوهَرَي هواءٍ وَماءِ
Fire and earth have no share in it;
It has no share for fire or earth,
it is made of the two substances, air and water.
It is of my essence, of air and water.
زادَincreased فيin هِمَّتيmy resolve وَنَفسيand my soul وَتَأميand aspiration (beginning)
زادَ في هِمَّتي وَنَفسي وَتَأمي
ليmy aspiration (ending) عُلُوّاًloftiness وَزادَand increased فيin كِبرِيائيmy pride
لي عُلُوّاً وَزادَ في كِبرِيائي
It raised my resolve, my soul, and my aspirations
It increased my ambition and my soul,
higher, and increased my pride.
And my aspirations to loftiness, and increased my pride,
فَكَأَنّيso, as though I إِذاwhen تَبخترتُI strut فيهِin it
فَكَأَنّي إِذا تَبخترتُ فيهِ
قَدindeed تَطَيلَستُI donned as a taylasan نِصفَhalf of بَدرِthe full moon of السَماءِthe sky
قَد تَطَيلَستُ نِصفَ بَدرِ السَماءِ
So when I strut in it, it is as though
So that when I strut about in it
I have donned half the sky's full moon as a taylasan.
I have donned the mantle of half the moonlit sky.
Sol 6.1