لَبِسَdonned الرَبيعُspring عَلىupon الجَزيرَةِthe island عُشبَهُits grass
لَبِسَ الرَبيعُ عَلى الجَزيرَةِ عُشبَهُ
ماwhat lies بَينَbetween رَيحانٍbasil إِلىto نَمّامِnammām (a fragrant herb)
ما بَينَ رَيحانٍ إِلى نَمّامِ
Spring donned its grass upon the island,
Spring donned its grass garment on the island
From basil to nammām.
From basil to mint
فَكَأَنَّماso it was as though البَحرانِthe two seas إِذwhen جَفّاthey both dried up بِهاon it
فَكَأَنَّما البَحرانِ إِذ جَفّا بِها
صُبحانِtwo dawns حُفَّwas surrounded سَناهُماtheir radiance بِظَلامِby darkness
صُبحانِ حُفَّ سَناهُما بِظَلامِ
As though the two seas, when they dried up there,
So the two seas seemed when they left it dry
Were two dawns whose radiance was surrounded by darkness.
To have clad their brightness in darkness
Sol 6.1