مَاwhat بَالُis the matter with طَفْشِيْلكَyour ṭafshīl dish قَدْindeed أُخِّرَتْhas been delayed
مَا بَالُ طَفْشِيْلكَ قَدْ أُخِّرَتْ
عَنَّاfrom us وَمَاand not نَعْهَدُwe are accustomed to تَأخِيْرَاdelay
عَنَّا وَمَا نَعْهَدُ تَأخِيْرَا
Why has your ṭafshīl been held back
from us, when we are not used to delay?
فَهَاتِهَاso bring it فِيin حَلْيَهَاits finery تُجْتَلَىit is beheld
فَهَاتِهَا فِي حَلْيَهَا تُجْتَلَى
كَالرَّوْضِlike a garden إِذْwhen صُوِّرَit was portrayed تَصْوِيْرَاa portrayal (emphatic)
كَالرَّوْضِ إِذْ صُوِّرَ تَصْوِيْرَا
Then bring it in its finery, to be admired,
like a garden when vividly portrayed.
زَخَارِفُornaments الوَشْيembroidery وَأَلْوَانُهُand its colors
زَخَارِفُ الوَشْي وَأَلْوَانُهُ
تِبْرٌgold dust مِنَamong الجَوْهَرِprecious stones مَنْثُورَاscattered
تِبْرٌ مِنَ الجَوْهَرِ مَنْثُورَا
The embroidery's patterns and colors
are gold dust scattered among jewels.
والجَزَرُand the carrots الغَضُّtender بَأَرْجَائِهَاaround its sides
والجَزَرُ الغَضُّ بَأَرْجَائِهَا
يَحْكِيresembles لَنَاto us فِيْهِwithin it الدَّنَانِيْرَاdinars
يَحْكِي لَنَا فِيْهِ الدَّنَانِيْرَا
And the tender carrots around its sides
look to us like dinars within it.
وَأَصْفَرٌand a yellow one يَضْحَكُlaughs فِيamid أَخْضَرٍa green one
وَأَصْفَرٌ يَضْحَكُ فِي أَخْضَرٍ
كَأَنَّمَاas though وَاجَهَit met مَهْجُورَاsomeone forsaken
كَأَنَّمَا وَاجَهَ مَهْجُورَا
And yellow laughs amid green,
as though it had met someone forsaken.
والبَيْضُand the eggs فِيْهَاin it نَرْجِسٌnarcissi تِبْرُهُits gold
والبَيْضُ فِيْهَا نَرْجِسٌ تِبْرُهُ
فِيin فِضَّةٍsilver قُدِّرَwas proportioned تَقْدِيْرَاin due measure
فِي فِضَّةٍ قُدِّرَ تَقْدِيْرَا
And the eggs within it are narcissi, whose gold
is precisely proportioned within silver.
وَالزَّيْتُand the oil قَدْindeed ضَيَّقَhas constricted أَنْفَاسَهَاits breaths
وَالزَّيْتُ قَدْ ضَيَّقَ أَنْفَاسَهَا
رِيّاًto saturation وَقَدْand indeed عَمَّhas pervaded الأَبَازِيْرَاthe spices
رِيّاً وَقَدْ عَمَّ الأَبَازِيْرَا
And the oil has stifled its breath
by saturating it, and has suffused all the spices.
خَبِيْصَةٌa khabīṣa pudding صَفْرَاءُyellow لَكِنَّهَاbut it
خَبِيْصَةٌ صَفْرَاءُ لَكِنَّهَا
تَحْوِيcontains مِنَfrom النَّبْتِplants عَقَاقِيراmedicinal ingredients
تَحْوِي مِنَ النَّبْتِ عَقَاقِيرا
A yellow khabīṣa, yet it
contains medicinal ingredients from plants.
Sol 6.1