غرَّاءradiant تحسبهاyou take it for غُموداًscabbards كلّماwhenever
غرَّاء تحسبها غُموداً كلّما
شهَرَتْunsheathed بوارقُهاits lightning flashes بهاwithin it أسيافاswords
شهَرَتْ بوارقُها بها أسيافا
A radiant cloud you take for scabbards whenever
Illusions you think are lasting whenever
its lightning flashes unsheathe swords within it.
its lightning brandishes swords through it
كُسِىَwas clothed الثَّرَىthe earth لمّاwhen همَتْit poured rain فظننتُهاso I thought it
كُسِىَ الثَّرَى لمّا همَتْ فظننتُها
بالحَزْنِon the rugged ground عِيراa caravan أُوقرتwas laden أفوافاpatterned cloths
بالحَزْنِ عِيرا أُوقرت أفوافا
The earth was clothed when it poured rain, so I thought it
The ground was covered when it intended so I thought it
a caravan on rugged ground, laden with patterned cloths.
with sorrow a caravan loaded with howdahs
وتناثرتand scattered دُرَراas pearls عليهupon it دموعُهاits tears
وتناثرت دُرَرا عليه دموعُها
لماwhen جَمَدنthey froze فخلتُهاso I took it for أصدافاshells
لما جَمَدن فخلتُها أصدافا
And its tears scattered upon the earth as pearls
And its tears' pearls were scattered over it
when they froze, so I took it for shells.
when they froze so I found them shells
Sol 6.1