مَلِكٌa king يُرَوِّضُtames; trains فَوقَatop طِرفٍa noble steed قارِعٍstriking; pounding
مَلِكٌ يُرَوِّضُ فَوقَ طِرفٍ قارِعٍ
كُرَةًa ball بِجَوwith a polo mallet (first part) كانٍpolo mallet (second part) حَكاهُhe likened it ضَباباmist
كُرَةً بِجَو كانٍ حَكاهُ ضَبابا
A king, atop a pounding steed, tames
a ball with a polo mallet he likened to mist.
فَكَأَنَّso, as though بَدراًa full moon فيin سَماهُits sky راكِباًriding
فَكَأَنَّ بَدراً في سَماهُ راكِباً
بَرقاًlightning يُزَحزِحُmoves; pushes aside بِالهِلالِwith the crescent شِهاباa shooting star
بَرقاً يُزَحزِحُ بِالهِلالِ شِهابا
So it is as though a full moon in its sky, riding
lightning, were moving a shooting star with the crescent.
Sol 6.1