وحمراء خلناها أذاعت وأضمرت
وقد على برديها جسام وعندم
And a red one—we thought it had revealed and concealed,
And a red one we thought revealed and concealed,
with jasām pigment and dragon’s-blood red upon its two mantles:
With saffron and dragon’s-blood dye upon its two cloaks:
قراضة تبر في صفائح فضة
تضمنها حق من الجزع مسهم
shavings of pure gold in plates of silver,
Gold filings within sheets of silver,
enclosed within a veined casket of onyx.
Enclosed by a casket of arrow-striped onyx.
إذا قطعت كانت سفائن لجه
وإن لم تقطع فهي عكم محزم
When cut, it became ships upon the deep;
When cut, it becomes ships upon deep waters;
and if left uncut, it is a tightly strapped bale.
And if uncut, it is a girded bale.
Sol 6.1