وعشيةٍand an evening سبقَoutstripped الصباحُthe dawn عشاءَهاher nightfall
وعشيةٍ سبقَ الصباحُ عشاءَها
قِصراًin brevity فماso not أمسيتI reached evening حتىuntil أسفراit grew light
قِصراً فما أمسيت حتى أسفرا
And an evening whose dawn outstripped her nightfall,
The morning preceded evening in its dusk,
so brief that I scarcely reached evening before dawn broke.
So brief was the evening before daybreak.
مسكيّةٍmusk-like لبستْshe wore حُلَىornaments ذهبيةgolden
مسكيّةٍ لبستْ حُلَى ذهبية
وجلاand drew aside تبسُّمهاher smile نقاباًa veil أحمراred
وجلا تبسُّمها نقاباً أحمرا
Musk-like, she wore golden ornaments,
A musky girl donned golden jewelry,
and her smile drew aside a red veil.
Her radiant smile peeked from a red veil,
وكأنّand as though شهبَthe meteors الرجمof stoning بعضُpart of حليِّهاher jewelry
وكأنّ شهبَ الرجم بعضُ حليِّها
عثرتْshe stumbled بهwith it منfrom شرعةٍa path (sense uncertain here) فتكسراso it shattered
عثرتْ به من شرعةٍ فتكسرا
The meteors hurled in stoning seemed part of her jewelry—
As if her jewelry were shooting stars,
she stumbled with it on a path, and it shattered.
That slipped from her parted robe and broke.
Sol 6.1