وَمُهَدَّلِand drooping الشَطَّينِthe two banks تَحسَبُyou think أَنَّهُthat it
وَمُهَدَّلِ الشَطَّينِ تَحسَبُ أَنَّهُ
مُتَسَيِّلٌflowing مِنfrom دُرَّةٍa pearl لِصَفائِهِbecause of its clarity
مُتَسَيِّلٌ مِن دُرَّةٍ لِصَفائِهِ
And a stream with drooping banks—you would think it
The slacker of the two banks you'd think it is
Flows from a pearl, so clear it is.
Flowing from a pearl such is its clarity
فاءَتcast shade عَلَيهِupon it مَعَwith الهَجيرَةِthe midday heat سَرحَةٌa spreading tree
فاءَت عَلَيهِ مَعَ الهَجيرَةِ سَرحَةٌ
صَدِئَتrusted لِفَيئَتِهاbecause of its shade صَفيحَةُthe sheet مائِهِof its water
صَدِئَت لِفَيئَتِها صَفيحَةُ مائِهِ
A spreading tree cast its shade upon it in the midday heat;
Then a herd descended drinking from it
Its sheet of water rusted from the tree’s shade.
Tarnishing the sheen of its water's purity
فَتَراهُso you see it أَزرَقَblue فيin غُلالَةِa thin veil سُمرَةٍbrownness
فَتَراهُ أَزرَقَ في غُلالَةِ سُمرَةٍ
كَالدارِعِlike an armored man اِستَلقىlay back بِظِلِّin the shade of لِوائِهِhis banner
كَالدارِعِ اِستَلقى بِظِلِّ لِوائِهِ
So you see it blue in a thin veil of brown,
So it became bluish in the shade's darkness
Like an armored man reclining in his banner’s shade.
Like a knight reclined beneath his banner's shadow
Sol 6.1