هَريسَةٌ بَيضاءَ كافورِيَّه
في قَصعَةٍ صَفراءَ دينارِيَّه
A camphor-white harisa,
in a yellow bowl, golden as a dinar;
لِلمَرءِ فيها حُمَّةٌ مِسكِيَّه
وَلِلسَلاءِ لَمعَةٌ تِبرِيَه
for the diner, it bears a musk-red flush,
while the clarified butter casts a gleam of gold,
تَدورُ في مِبيَضَّةٍ فِضِّيَّه
مِثلَ السِوارِ في يَدِ الرومِيَه
circling through silvery whiteness,
like a bracelet on a Byzantine woman’s hand.
Sol 5.6