أَياO حَسَنَbeautiful الخَلقِthe physical form قُمrise نَصطَبِحlet us drink at dawn
أَيا حَسَنَ الخَلقِ قُم نَصطَبِح
خَلوقاًa saffron-based perfume يَنيهُunclear as written; perhaps 'glories' بِأَنوارِهِin its radiance
خَلوقاً يَنيهُ بِأَنوارِهِ
O fair of form, rise: let us drink at dawn
O you of perfect manners, arise, let us greet the morn,
A saffron perfume, [perhaps glorying] in its radiance,
A dawn whose lights warn off the raucous crow,
عَلىbeside مُرجِحِنٍّa heavy, low-hanging cloud أَجَشَّhoarse الرَعوthe thun- (word fragment)
عَلى مُرجِحِنٍّ أَجَشَّ الرَعو
دَ-ders (completing 'thunders') يُذَكّيkindles البَروقَthe lightning flashes بِأَقطارِهِthrough its reaches
دَ يُذَكّي البَروقَ بِأَقطارِهِ
Beside a heavy cloud, hoarse with thun-
That with its cawing startles the lightning’s glare
-ders, kindling lightning throughout its reaches.
When the meadow smiles broadly with its rain
إِذاwhenever اِبتَسَمَsmiled الرَوضُthe meadow عَنto reveal ثَغرِهِits teeth
إِذا اِبتَسَمَ الرَوضُ عَن ثَغرِهِ
جَلَتهُpolished it مُساويكُtooth-cleaning sticks أَمطارِهِof its rains
جَلَتهُ مُساويكُ أَمطارِهِ
Whenever the meadow smiles, baring its teeth,
Adorning it evenly with its showers.
The tooth-sticks of its rains polish them.
Partial English translation: 5 of 6 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1