أُنظرlook لتفويفat the variegation of الرياضthe gardens وحسنِهاand their beauty
أُنظر لتفويف الرياض وحسنِها
قدindeed نَمَّقَتْهُhas adorned it يَدُthe hand of السّحابthe clouds الممطِرrain-bearing
قد نَمَّقَتْهُ يَدُ السّحاب الممطِر
Look at the gardens' patterned hues and beauty,
adorned by the hand of the rain-bearing clouds.
بُسُطٌcarpets تَخالَفdiffer صبغُهاtheir coloring ونسِيجُهاand their weave
بُسُطٌ تَخالَف صبغُها ونسِيجُها
ماemphatic particle بينbetween أَصفَرyellow كالعقيقِlike agate وأخضِرand green
ما بين أَصفَر كالعقيقِ وأخضِر
Carpets whose coloring and weave differ,
ranging from yellow like agate to green.
يَجْمَعْنthey combine حُسْنَthe beauty of المنظَرthe sight الزاهيradiant الذيthat
يَجْمَعْن حُسْنَ المنظَر الزاهي الذي
راقَhas delighted العيونَthe eyes إلىwith كريمa noble المخبرinner nature
راقَ العيونَ إلى كريم المخبر
They combine the beauty of the radiant sight that
delights the eyes with a noble inner nature.
فكأنّso it is as though نرجِسهits narcissi عيونٌeyes أبرزتhave bared
فكأنّ نرجِسه عيونٌ أبرزت
أجفانهاtheir eyelids لكنهاbut they لمhave not تنظرlooked
أجفانها لكنها لم تنظر
So its narcissi seem like eyes that have bared
their eyelids, yet have not looked.
وشقائقand anemones كستhave clothed الرُّباthe hills نسجِهاtheir weave
وشقائق كست الرُّبا نسجِها
حُلَلاrobes كتضْريجlike the tinting of الخدودcheeks الأحمرred
حُلَلا كتضْريج الخدود الأحمر
And anemones clothe the hills in their weave—
robes like the red tinting of cheeks.
مُتَبَرجِّاتdisplaying their beauty ناعماتdelicate أكملتhave perfected
مُتَبَرجِّات ناعمات أكملت
خَفَرthe modesty of الذليلthe humble one ونخوةand the pride of المتكبرthe haughty one
خَفَر الذليل ونخوة المتكبر
Flaunting their beauty, delicate, they have perfected
the humble one's modesty and the haughty one's pride.
وغلائلand gauzy robes زُرْقblue نشرنwere spread out كأنهاas though they were
وغلائل زُرْق نشرن كأنها
آثارmarks of تَجْميشamorous pinching الصدورbreasts النُضَّرblooming
آثار تَجْميش الصدور النُضَّر
And blue gauzy robes lie spread, as though they were
marks of amorous pinching on blooming breasts,
ماemphatic particle بينamong مَوزbananas قدindeed بداhave appeared كمراودٍlike kohl-sticks
ما بين مَوز قد بدا كمراودٍ
منof عَسْجَدpure gold مملوءةfilled منwith سُكرsugar
من عَسْجَد مملوءة من سُكر
among bananas that appear like kohl-sticks
of pure gold, filled with sugar.
فاشربْso drink علىamid تلكthose الرياضِgardens ونشرِهاand their fragrance
فاشربْ على تلك الرياضِ ونشرِها
رَاحاًwine تُرِيحthat soothes فؤادَthe heart of كُلِّevery مفكّرpensive person
رَاحاً تُرِيح فؤادَ كُلِّ مفكّر
So drink amid those gardens and their fragrance
wine that soothes the heart of every pensive soul.
فَنَدىfor the bounty of العزيزِal-Aziz وجُودُهand his generosity عُوْنٌan aid علىagainst
فَنَدى العزيزِ وجُودُه عُوْنٌ على
ماwhat نَتَّقِيهwe guard against it منof فسادthe ravages of الأعصرthe ages
ما نَتَّقِيه من فساد الأعصر
For al-Aziz's bounty and generosity are an aid against
the ravages of the ages that we seek to ward off.
أوَand do ماnot تراهyou see him حازhas gained ظَرْفَthe wit of عُطاردMercury
أوَ ما تراه حاز ظَرْفَ عُطارد
وثَباتَand the steadfastness of بَهْرامٍBahram (Mars) وسعدَand the good fortune of المشترِيJupiter
وثَباتَ بَهْرامٍ وسعدَ المشترِي
And do you not see that he has gained Mercury's wit,
Bahram's steadfastness, and Jupiter's good fortune?
متفرّعsprung as a branch منfrom هاشمHashim فيupon ذِروةa summit
متفرّع من هاشم في ذِروة
طابتbecame noble لطيبthrough the nobility of فروعِهاits branches والعنصرand the root
طابت لطيب فروعِها والعنصر
A branch sprung from Hashim, upon a summit
made noble by the nobility of its branches and its root.
Sol 6.1