أَقْبَلَتshe approached فيin غِلالةٍa gauzy gown زرقاءblue
أَقْبَلَت في غِلالةٍ زرقاء
زرقةًblueness لقِّبتwas dubbed بجريas the flowing of الماءِwater
زرقةً لقِّبت بجري الماءِ
She approached in a gauzy robe of blue—
She approached in a blue gauzy gown,
a blue nicknamed “the flowing of water.”
a blue dubbed “flowing water.”
فتأَمَّلَتْthen she contemplated فيin الغلالةthe gauzy gown منهاof her
فتأَمَّلَتْ في الغلالة منها
جَسَدbody النورِlight فيin قميصa shirt الهواءِair
جَسَد النورِ في قميص الهواءِ
And through the gauze I contemplated in her
Then she contemplated, within her gauzy gown,
a body of light in a shirt of air.
a body of light in a shirt of air.
هيshe بدرٌa full moon وإنand indeed أحسنَthe finest لونٍhue
هي بدرٌ وإن أحسنَ لونٍ
ظهرappeared البدرُthe full moon فيهin it لونُthe hue السماءِthe sky
ظهر البدرُ فيه لونُ السماءِ
She is a full moon—and the loveliest hue
She is a full moon, and indeed the finest hue
in which the moon may appear is the sky’s own blue.
in which the full moon appears is the hue of the sky.
Sol 6.1