وَبركَةًand a pool قَدindeed أَفادَناgave us عَجَباًwonder
وَبركَةً قَد أَفادَنا عَجَباً
ماwhat سالَflowed منfrom مائِهاits water وَماand what اِنسَكَباpoured forth
ما سالَ من مائِها وَما اِنسَكَبا
And a pool—wonder has come to us
A blessing it brought that amazed us
from what flowed of its water and what poured forth.
Not a drop of its water spilled or got wasted
يُجلىis revealed بِأَمواهِهاthrough its waters الرُخامُthe marble كَماjust as
يُجلى بِأَمواهِها الرُخامُ كَما
تُجلىis unveiled سَماءٌa sky قَدalready اِكتَسَتhas donned سُحُباclouds
تُجلى سَماءٌ قَد اِكتَسَت سُحُبا
The marble is revealed through its waters, as
It made the marble gleam as though
a sky that has donned clouds is unveiled.
A sky filled with clouds it did show
حَتّىuntil إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle الحَبابُthe bubbles حَفَّgathered بِهاaround it
حَتّى إِذا ما الحَبابُ حَفَّ بِها
أَرَتكَit showed you مِنهاfrom it كَواكِباًstars شُهُباgleaming
أَرَتكَ مِنها كَواكِباً شُهُبا
Until, when bubbles gather around it,
Till beads did around it encircle
it shows you its own gleaming stars.
It made you see stars that did sparkle
تَضحَكُit laughs مِنat بَطِّهاits ducks إِذاwhen رَقَصَتthey danced
تَضحَكُ مِن بَطِّها إِذا رَقَصَت
فَكَيفَthen how مِنat رايِهاits rāy-fish إِذاwhen لَعِباit played
فَكَيفَ مِن رايِها إِذا لَعِبا
It laughs at its ducks when they dance;
It laughed through its basin when dancing around
how much more, then, at its rāy-fish when it plays!
Imagine its fountain when playing with sound
وَرُبَّماand sometimes تَغتَديit becomes مُدَرَّجَةَtiered
وَرُبَّما تَغتَدي مُدَرَّجَةَ
إِنif هَزَّstirred أَعطافَهاits flanks نَسيمُa breeze صَباthe east wind
إِن هَزَّ أَعطافَها نَسيمُ صَبا
And sometimes it grows ridged with ripples,
At times it would frolic down terraces slid
if a breeze from the east stirs its flanks.
When breeze lightly sways its sides
ياoh حُسنَthe beauty أَمواجِهاof its waves إِذاwhen اِضَطَرَبَتthey surged
يا حُسنَ أَمواجِها إِذا اِضَطَرَبَت
فَأَحدَثَتand so awakened فيin نُفوسِناour souls طَرَباrapture
فَأَحدَثَت في نُفوسِنا طَرَبا
How lovely its waves when they surge,
The beauty of waves when it starts rippling
and so awaken rapture in our souls!
It stirs up our souls making them tingling
وَحُسنَand the beauty شَمسِof the sun الضُحىof the forenoon تَصوغُit fashions عَلىupon
وَحُسنَ شَمسِ الضُحى تَصوغُ عَلى
قَضيبِهاits shaft مِنfrom شُعاعِهاits rays ذَهَباgold
قَضيبِها مِن شُعاعِها ذَهَبا
And how lovely the morning sun, fashioning upon
The charm of dawn's sun does mold
its shaft gold from its rays!
Rays of gold on its rod
يُدرِكُهاreaches it الوَردُthe roses كُلَّماwhenever اِرتَعَدَتit trembled
يُدرِكُها الوَردُ كُلَّما اِرتَعَدَت
مِنهُat it بِجَمرٍwith embers يَظَلُّremains مُلتَهِباablaze
مِنهُ بِجَمرٍ يَظَلُّ مُلتَهِبا
The roses reach it whenever it trembles
Each time it just quivers roses reach out
at them, with embers that remain ablaze,
Still glowing embers flying about
مِنfrom حَولِaround فَوّارَةٍa fountain مُرَكَّبَةٍset in place
مِن حَولِ فَوّارَةٍ مُرَكَّبَةٍ
قَدِalready اِنحَنىhas bent ظَهرُthe back مائِهاof its water تَعَباwith weariness
قَدِ اِنحَنى ظَهرُ مائِها تَعَبا
from around a fountain set in place,
Around a fountain finely wrought
whose water’s back has bent with weariness.
Its watery arch itself has brought
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