حَديقَةُa garden ياسَمينٍjasmine لاnot
حَديقَةُ ياسَمينٍ لا
تَهيمُare enamored بِغَيرِهاof anything other than it الحَدَقُthe eyes (pupils)
تَهيمُ بِغَيرِها الحَدَقُ
A jasmine garden—never
A jasmine garden does not care
are eyes enamored of another.
For any other, eyes that stare
إِذاwhen جفنُeyelid الغَمامِthe clouds بَكىwept
إِذا جفنُ الغَمامِ بَكى
تَبَسَّمَsmiled ثَغرُهاits mouth اليَققُpure white
تَبَسَّمَ ثَغرُها اليَققُ
When the clouds’ eyelid weeps,
When dark clouds weep in sorrow’s guise
its pure-white mouth smiles.
Her buds smile, tranquil, fair and wise
كَأَطرافِlike the tips of الأَهلَّةِthe crescent moons ساfirst part of ‘flowed’
كَأَطرافِ الأَهلَّةِ سا
لَfinal part of ‘flowed’ فيin أَثنائِهاits folds الشَفَقُthe twilight glow
لَ في أَثنائِها الشَفَقُ
Like the tips of crescent moons, there flowed
Like crescent moons in tranquil skies
amid its folds the twilight glow.
At dusk, when daylight fades and dies
Sol 6.1