هَلdoes ...? يَجتليbeholds لَحظيmy gaze رياضَgardens نقوشِornamentation
هَل يَجتلي لَحظي رياضَ نقوشِ
قَدalready فُوّفَتwere finely patterned بِأناملِby the fingers البكّوشِal-Bakkush
قَد فُوّفَت بِأناملِ البكّوشِ
Does my gaze behold gardens of ornament,
Will my moment shine with gardens of engraved patterns
adorned by the fingers of al-Bakkush?
Arranged by fingers of the archer?
وَتزفُّand are borne فيon طرسٍa page إليّto me فَأَجتَنيso I pluck
وَتزفُّ في طرسٍ إليّ فَأَجتَني
قَطفَthe harvest المُنىof wishes مِنfrom روضِهاtheir garden المعروشِtrellised
قَطفَ المُنى مِن روضِها المعروشِ
And they are borne to me on a page, so I pluck
And rush to me in a bouquet, so I may pluck
the harvest of wishes from their trellised garden.
The sweetest fruits from its well-tended grove?
وَأعلُّand I quench حرَّthe heat جَوانِحيmy breast بنَسيمهاwith their breeze
وَأعلُّ حرَّ جَوانِحي بنَسيمها
وبِزَهرِهاand with their blossom وبطلِّهand with its dew المرشوشِsprinkled
وبِزَهرِها وبطلِّه المرشوشِ
And I quench the heat in my breast with their breeze,
And fan the heat of my wings with its breeze,
and with their blossom and its sprinkled dew.
With its flowers and scattered showers?
وَتقيلُand rest at noon آماليmy hopes الّتيwhich قَدalready أهجَرَتjourneyed in the noonday heat
وَتقيلُ آمالي الّتي قَد أهجَرَت
فيin ظلّهاtheir shade ذيwith السندسِfine silk brocade المفروشِspread out
في ظلّها ذي السندسِ المفروشِ
And my hopes, which have journeyed in noonday heat, rest
And settle my hopes which had abandoned me
in their shade, carpeted with fine silk brocade.
In its shade on the embroidered carpet?
وَأَرىand I see جَداوِلهاtheir streams سيوفاًswords جرّدتunsheathed
وَأَرى جَداوِلها سيوفاً جرّدت
لِقتالto combat محليmy drought منfrom غمودِscabbards رقوشِornamentation
لِقتال محلي من غمودِ رقوشِ
And I see their streams as swords unsheathed
And see its streams bare swords
from scabbards of ornament to combat my drought.
To battle my home of sleepy tent pegs?
تُجلىare unveiled بهاthrough them بيضُfair ones المعانيmeanings خرّداًshy maidens
تُجلى بها بيضُ المعاني خرّداً
مِنfrom خلفِbehind سودِblack ولائدِslave girls الأحبوشِthe Abyssinians
مِن خلفِ سودِ ولائدِ الأحبوشِ
Through them, fair meanings are unveiled as shy maidens
Clarifying with it the whites of meanings shredded
from behind black Abyssinian slave girls.
Behind the blacks of resting camel litters?
وَيُرىand is seen بهاin them ملكُthe king البلاغةِof eloquence سامياًexalted
وَيُرى بها ملكُ البلاغةِ سامياً
فيamid سودِblack راياتٍbanners وبيضand white جيوشِarmies
في سودِ راياتٍ وبيض جيوشِ
And in them the king of eloquence is seen exalted
And see in it the king of eloquence towering
amid black banners and white armies.
In blacks of flags and whites of armies?
Sol 6.1