كأنهas though it were منfrom يديْthe two hands of قِبْطَيَّةٍa Coptic woman لهقاdazzling white
كأنه من يديْ قِبْطَيَّةٍ لهقا
بالأتحميةِin Athami cloth مُكتارturbaned ومنتقِبُand veiled
بالأتحميةِ مُكتار ومنتقِبُ
As though, dazzling white from a Coptic woman's hands,
It were turbaned and veiled in Athami cloth.
وماand not تَخَيَّفdiminished ألواناًcolors مفنَّنةًvaried
وما تَخَيَّف ألواناً مفنَّنةً
عنaway from المحاسنbeauty منthrough إِخْلاقِهits wearing out الوطْبُthe leather milk-bag
عن المحاسن من إِخْلاقِه الوطْبُ
Nor were its varied colors diminished
In beauty by the milk-skin's wearing out.
Sol 6.1