أَقبَلَapproached الثَلجُthe snow فيin غلائِلِgauzy robes نَورٍblossoms
أَقبَلَ الثَلجُ في غلائِلِ نَورٍ
تَتَهادىgliding gracefully بِلُؤلُؤٍwith pearls مَنشودِlonged-for
تَتَهادى بِلُؤلُؤٍ مَنشودِ
The snow approached in gauzy robes of blossoms,
The snow came in strands of light
gliding gracefully with longed-for pearls.
Swaying with desired pearls
فَكَأَنَّand as though السَماءَthe sky صاهَرتbecame kin by marriage with الأَرthe earth (word begins here)
فَكَأَنَّ السَماءَ صاهَرت الأَر
ضَ(completes “earth”) فَصارَso became النَثارُthe wedding shower منof كافورِcamphor
ضَ فَصارَ النَثارُ من كافورِ
And it was as though the sky had wed the earth,
As if the sky had fused with the earth
so the wedding shower became camphor.
And the falling flakes were camphor
Sol 6.1