ياقوتَةٌa sapphire صفراءُyellow قدhas رُكِّبَتْbeen set
ياقوتَةٌ صفراءُ قد رُكِّبَتْ
فيin خاتَمٍa ring أبْيَضَwhite كافُورِيcamphor-like
في خاتَمٍ أبْيَضَ كافُورِي
A yellow sapphire has been set
A yellow topaz was set
in a camphor-white ring.
In a white camphor ring
ضِدّانِtwo opposites قدhave أُلِّفَbeen united مَعْنَاهُمَاtheir two meanings
ضِدّانِ قد أُلِّفَ مَعْنَاهُمَا
فيin لونِthe hue of مَعشُوقٍone beloved ومهجُورِand one forsaken
في لونِ مَعشُوقٍ ومهجُورِ
Two opposites whose meanings have been united
Two opposites were reconciled
in the hues of one beloved and one forsaken.
In color of beloved yet abandoned
كأنّهاas though it were صُفْرَهُyellowness شمسٍa sun عَلَتْrose
كأنّها صُفْرَهُ شمسٍ عَلَتْ
علَىabove هِلالٍa crescent تَمَّbecame complete فيin النُّورِthe light
علَى هِلالٍ تَمَّ في النُّورِ
As though it were the yellow glow of a sun that rose
As if it were the yellow of a high sun
above a crescent perfected in light.
Upon a crescent completed in light
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