بَداappeared الصُّبحُthe dawn مِنfrom تَحتِbeneath الظَّلامthe darkness كَأَنَّهas though it were
بَدا الصُّبحُ مِن تَحتِ الظَّلام كَأَنَّه
خَوافيinner wing-feathers جَناحيthe two wings of هَيقَلٍa male ostrich باتَspent the night حاضِناbrooding
خَوافي جَناحي هَيقَلٍ باتَ حاضِنا
Dawn appeared beneath the darkness, as though it were
Dawn emerged from beneath the darkness as though
the inner wing-feathers of a male ostrich that spent the night brooding.
It were a dove whose wings overnight had nestled.
وَإِلاand if not فَكَالثَّوبِthen like the robe السَّماوِيِّsky-blue مُعلَماًbordered
وَإِلا فَكَالثَّوبِ السَّماوِيِّ مُعلَماً
شَقيقاًcrimson بَداappeared فيat أَسفَلthe bottom of الثَّوبthe robe بائِناdistinct
شَقيقاً بَدا في أَسفَل الثَّوب بائِنا
Or else, like a sky-blue robe, bordered
Else it seemed like a heavenly raiment now adorned
with crimson showing distinctly at the robe’s hem.
With broidered hems that at its lower rim stand out.
Sol 6.1