وردةٌa rose هبَّwafted فيin الرياthe gardens (first part)
وردةٌ هبَّ في الريا
ضِcompletion of 'the gardens' علىat الفجرِdawn طيبُهاher fragrance
ضِ على الفجرِ طيبُها
A rose—through the gardens wafted
at dawn, her fragrance.
عانقتهاembraced her الصَّباthe east wind كماas
عانقتها الصَّبا كما
ضمَّclasped خوداًa tender maiden حبيبُهاher beloved
ضمَّ خوداً حبيبُها
The east wind embraced her, as
a tender maiden was clasped by her beloved.
فرمتهاthen struck her منfrom الزهورِthe flowers
فرمتها من الزهورِ
عيونٌeyes تريبُهاunsettle her
عيونٌ تريبُها
Then, from among the flowers, she was struck
by eyes that filled her with unease.
تركنهاthey left her منfrom الضحىthe forenoon
تركنها من الضحى
فيin همومٍworries تنوبُهاbeset her
في همومٍ تنوبُها
From the forenoon on, they left her
in worries that beset her.
ثممthen (apparently ثمّ) جفتْdried up عروقُهاher veins
ثمم جفتْ عروقُها
وتجافتْand drew apart جنوبُهاher sides
وتجافتْ جنوبُها
Then her veins dried up,
and her sides drew apart.
وشكتْand she complained فيin الهجيرِthe midday heat منof
وشكتْ في الهجيرِ من
زفراتٍsighs تذيبُهاmelt her
زفراتٍ تذيبُها
And in the midday heat she complained of
sighs that melted her.
فدعاso summoned روضهاher garden الأصيthe late afternoon (first part)
فدعا روضها الأصي
لَcompletion of 'the late afternoon' فوافىthen arrived طيبُهاher fragrance
لَ فوافى طيبُها
So her garden summoned the late afternoon;
then her fragrance came,
وشفاهاand healed her بنسمةٍwith a breeze
وشفاها بنسمةٍ
كانwas طباa cure هبوبُهاits blowing
كان طبا هبوبُها
and she was healed with a breeze
whose blowing was a cure.
ساءلتْshe asked عنabout مصابهاher affliction
ساءلتْ عن مصابها
فتنادىthen called out يجيبُهاanswering her
فتنادى يجيبُها
She asked about her affliction,
and a cry rang out in answer to her:
ليسَis not تخلوis free مليحةa beautiful woman
ليسَ تخلو مليحة
منfrom عيونٍeyes تصيبُهاafflict her
من عيونٍ تصيبُها
No beautiful woman is free
from eyes that afflict her.
Sol 6.1