هَلُماَّcome, you two بكانونِنَاwith our brazier جاحِماًblazing
هَلُماَّ بكانونِنَا جاحِماً
وقُولاَand say, you two لموْقدِنَاto our fire-tender أَجِّجِstoke!
وقُولاَ لموْقدِنَا أَجِّجِ
Bring our brazier blazing hot,
and tell our fire-tender, “Stoke it,”
إلَىto أَنْthat تَرَىyou see لَهَباًa blaze كالرِّياضِlike gardens
إلَى أَنْ تَرَى لَهَباً كالرِّياضِ
فَنَاهِيكَand sufficient for you منas a مَنْظَرٍsight مُبْهِجِdelightful
فَنَاهِيكَ من مَنْظَرٍ مُبْهِجِ
until you see a blaze like gardens—
what a delightful sight!
فَمِنْand some are شُعَبbranches لازِوْرَدِيَّةٍlapis-blue
فَمِنْ شُعَب لازِوْرَدِيَّةٍ
تَصَاعَدُrising فيin حالَكٍpitch-black darkness مُدْمَجِdense
تَصَاعَدُ في حالَكٍ مُدْمَجِ
Some are lapis-blue branches,
rising in dense, pitch-black darkness,
ومِنْand some are عَذَبٍfringes فيin اخضرارِthe greenness of الحريرِsilk
ومِنْ عَذَبٍ في اخضرارِ الحريرِ
وفيand in صُفْرَةِthe yellowness of التِّبْرِraw gold لمhave not تُنْسَجِbeen woven
وفي صُفْرَةِ التِّبْرِ لم تُنْسَجِ
and some are fringes in silk’s green
and raw gold’s yellow, though never woven.
إذاwhen اضْطَرَبَتْit quivers قُلْتُI say ريحانَةًa basil sprig
إذا اضْطَرَبَتْ قُلْتُ ريحانَةً
تَرَنّحُswaying منfrom رِيحِهَاits breeze السَّجْسَجِgentle and temperate
تَرَنّحُ من رِيحِهَا السَّجْسَجِ
When it quivers, I say, “A sprig of basil
swaying in its gentle breeze.”
وتحسبُهاand you would think it مُسْحِياًmusḥī (meaning unclear in the supplied text) مُذْهَباًgilded
وتحسبُها مُسْحِياً مُذْهَباً
حَوالَيْهaround it قُضْبَانُrods فَيْرُوزَجِturquoise
حَوالَيْه قُضْبَانُ فَيْرُوزَجِ
And you would think it a gilded musḥī,
surrounded by rods of turquoise.
Sol 6.1