اِشرَبdrink عَلىbeside النارِthe fire الَّتيthat جاءَتshe came بِهاwith it
اِشرَب عَلى النارِ الَّتي جاءَت بِها
وَالصُبحُand dawn يَقبِضُseizes مُهجَةَlifeblood الظَلماءِthe darkness
وَالصُبحُ يَقبِضُ مُهجَةَ الظَلماءِ
Drink beside the fire that she brought,
Drink by the fire which brought it
while dawn seizes the lifeblood of darkness—
And the dawn seizes the darkness
هَيفاءُa slender-waisted woman ناعِمَةُtender الشَبابِyouth كَأَنَّهاas though she
هَيفاءُ ناعِمَةُ الشَبابِ كَأَنَّها
مَخلوقَةٌmade مِنfrom بَهجَةٍdelight وَضِياءِand radiance
مَخلوقَةٌ مِن بَهجَةٍ وَضِياءِ
a slender-waisted woman, tender in her youth, as though she
Delicate, youthful Eve as if
were made of delight and radiance.
She was made of joy and light
جاءَتshe came بِهاwith it مَحجوبَةًveiled بِرِمادِهاin its ashes
جاءَت بِها مَحجوبَةً بِرِمادِها
كَالشَمسِlike the sun تَحتَbeneath سَحابَةٍa cloud بَيضاءِwhite
كَالشَمسِ تَحتَ سَحابَةٍ بَيضاءِ
She brought it veiled in its ashes,
She came veiled in its ashes
like the sun beneath a white cloud.
Like the sun under a white cloud
Sol 6.1