وذيand one possessing جسَدينtwo bodies ألقَىcast الصبحُthe dawn منهُfrom it
وذي جسَدين ألقَى الصبحُ منهُ
مُلاءَتَهits mantle علىover الليلthe night البهيمِpitch-dark
مُلاءَتَه على الليل البهيمِ
And one with two bodies, from which dawn cast
its mantle over the pitch-dark night.
ضحوكِlaughing الوجهِof face مكمدَةٍdarkened by sorrow حشاهits innards
ضحوكِ الوجهِ مكمدَةٍ حشاه
لهit has أبوانِtwo fathers منof كرمٍnobility ولُومِand baseness
له أبوانِ من كرمٍ ولُومِ
Laughing of face, its innards darkened by sorrow,
it has two fathers, one noble and one base.
أسيرٍa captive فيin يديكyour two hands رهينِbound to حبسٍconfinement
أسيرٍ في يديك رهينِ حبسٍ
ويَسرِيand takes effect حكمُهُits decree باسمٍthrough a name وسيمِand a mark
ويَسرِي حكمُهُ باسمٍ وسيمِ
A captive in your hands, bound in confinement,
yet its decree takes effect through a name and a mark.
لهit has صفةُthe likeness of المباسِمsmiling mouths والتراقيand collarbones
له صفةُ المباسِم والتراقي
وشِبْهُand a resemblance فيin الأهلَّةِthe crescent moons والنجومِand the stars
وشِبْهُ في الأهلَّةِ والنجومِ
It has the likeness of smiling mouths and collarbones,
and a resemblance to crescent moons and stars.
إذاif ولَّيتَهyou entrust it with كتمانَconcealment of سرٍّa secret
إذا ولَّيتَه كتمانَ سرٍّ
أمنتَyou are safe from إذاعةَdisclosure الرجُلthe man النمومِgiven to tale-bearing
أمنتَ إذاعةَ الرجُل النمومِ
If you entrust it with keeping a secret,
you are safe from disclosure by the tale-bearing man.
وتهلِكُand perishes عينُهits eye طوراsometimes ويبقىand remains
وتهلِكُ عينُه طورا ويبقى
لهfor it أثرٌa trace كآثارِlike the traces of الرسومِdrawings
له أثرٌ كآثارِ الرسومِ
And its eye sometimes perishes, yet there remains
a trace of it, like the traces of drawings.
لهit has لونٌa hue يخبِّرُspeaks عنof وجوهfaces الthe
له لونٌ يخبِّرُ عن وجوه ال
جِنانِgardens وقدthough already توغّلَit has plunged deep فيinto الجحيمِHell
جِنانِ وقد توغّلَ في الجحيمِ
It has a hue that speaks of the faces of the
gardens, though it has plunged deep into Hell.
Sol 6.1