طَلَعَتْshe rose كالقَمَرِlike the moon التَّمِّfull بَدَرcame into view
طَلَعَتْ كالقَمَرِ التَّمِّ بَدَر
وَمَشَتْand she walked مَشْيَةَthe gait of ذيone possessing الفَتْكِdeadly violence خَطَرswaggered
وَمَشَتْ مَشْيَةَ ذي الفَتْكِ خَطَر
She rose like the full moon coming into view,
She rose like the full moon of darkness,
And walked like a deadly assailant swaggering;
And walked with the gait of one intrepid and bold,
وَتَثَنَّتْand she swayed كَتَثَنِّيlike the swaying of الغُصْنِthe branch فِيon
وَتَثَنَّتْ كَتَثَنِّي الغُصْنِ فِي
يَوْمهits day رِيْحٍwind وَغَمَامٍand cloud وَمَطَرْand rain
يَوْمه رِيْحٍ وَغَمَامٍ وَمَطَرْ
And she swayed as a branch sways on
And swayed like a branch in the day
Its day of wind, cloud, and rain.
Of wind and clouds and rain.
لاَثَتِshe wound الكَوْرَthe turban’s folds عَلَىover مَفْرِقِهَاthe parting of her hair
لاَثَتِ الكَوْرَ عَلَى مَفْرِقِهَا
فَرَأَيْنَاso we saw هَالَةًa halo حَوْلَaround القَمَرْthe moon
فَرَأَيْنَا هَالَةً حَوْلَ القَمَرْ
She wound the turban’s folds over the parting of her hair,
She folded the tent over its ridge
So we saw a halo around the moon.
And we saw a halo around the moon.
شُبِّهَتْshe was likened بالرَّاحِto wine فَاشْتُقَّso was derived لَهَاfor her
شُبِّهَتْ بالرَّاحِ فَاشْتُقَّ لَهَا
اسْمُهَاher name مِنْهَاfrom it فَسَمَّوهَاso they named her سُكُرْSukr (“Intoxication”)
اسْمُهَا مِنْهَا فَسَمَّوهَا سُكُرْ
She was likened to wine, so they derived for her
She was likened to the gentle breeze,
Her name from it, and named her Sukr—“Intoxication.”
So she was named for it and called “Sukr.”
ظَبْيَةٌa female gazelle مَخْلُوقَةٌfashioned أَقْسَامُهَاher parts
ظَبْيَةٌ مَخْلُوقَةٌ أَقْسَامُهَا
مِنْfrom قَضِيْبٍa slender branch وَكَثِيْبٍand a sand dune وَقَمَرْand a moon
مِنْ قَضِيْبٍ وَكَثِيْبٍ وَقَمَرْ
A gazelle whose parts are fashioned
A gazelle created in parts
From a slender branch, a sand dune, and a moon.
Of cane and dune and moon.
Sol 6.1