وَاثَبْتُ مَاءً فِي أَدِيْمِ مَاءِ
بَيْضَاءَ مِثْلَ الفِضَّةِ البَيْضَاءِ
I sprang upon water in a skin of water,
I kept water in a water skin
White as white silver,
White like white silver
ذَاتَ حُلًى وَمُقْلَةٍ زَرْقَاءِ
مُفْضِيَة اللَّحْمِ عَنِ الأَعْضَاءِ
Bearing ornaments and a blue eye,
With ornaments and blue eyeliner
With flesh stripped away from her limbs.
Exposing the flesh from the limbs
أَوْدَعْتُهَا أَجْوَفَ ذِي الْتِظَاءِ
كَالصَّبِّ مَطْوِيَّاً عَلَى الجَفَاءِ
I placed her in a hollow thing ablaze,
I placed it in the interior of the one with cover
Like a lovesick man, folded around cruelty,
Like melting lead over barrenness
يَضُمُّهَا ضَمَّاً إِلَى الأَحْشَاءِ
ثُمَّ ثَنَاهَا عَنْهُ بِانْثِنَاءِ
He clasps her tightly to his innards.
It embraces it to the gut
Then, with a bend, he turned her away from him,
Then bent it away with a bend
مُخْتَالَة فِي حُلَّةٍ حَمْرَاءِ
كَأَنَّمَا بُزَّتْ مِنَ الصَّهْبَاءِ
Strutting in a red robe,
Swaying in a red dress
As though it had been stolen from tawny wine.
As if it was clad with fawn fur
لَمْ تَكُ إِلاَّ فُرْصَةَ البَيْدَاءِ
She was only a prize of the wilderness.
It was nothing but a white spot
Sol 6.1