وذيand one with قامةstature فيamong الزهرthe flowers تنْدىis dewy غضارةfreshness
وذي قامة في الزهر تنْدى غضارة
بَداappeared فاختيdove-like اللونin color منof عَنْبرambergris الشَحْرal-Shihr
بَدا فاختي اللون من عَنْبر الشَحْر
I have one who, among the flowers, stands dewy with freshness;
And a stately bloom among the flowers, dewy with freshness,
when it appears, the hue of al-Shihr’s ambergris fades away.
appeared dove-hued, as if of al-Shihr’s ambergris.
لهit has جُمَمٌtufts زُغْبٌdowny تَفَلَّكformed a circle حَوْلَهاaround them
له جُمَمٌ زُغْبٌ تَفَلَّك حَوْلَها
منof الزهرthe flowers إِفريزa cornice كأجربةlike pouches العِطْرperfume
من الزهر إِفريز كأجربة العِطْر
It has a downy body, around which there bursts
It has downy tufts, encircled
a frieze of blossoms, like perfume-filled pouches—
by a cornice of blossoms, like pouches of perfume.
تكوّنَtook shape لُطْفاًdelicately فوقabove زرٍّa button زبرجدperidot
تكوّنَ لُطْفاً فوق زرٍّ زبرجد
تكنَّبَbecame roughened بالألماسwith diamonds سطْراًa row علىupon سطْرِa row
تكنَّبَ بالألماس سطْراً على سطْرِ
a delicate creation above two emerald buttons,
It took delicate shape above a button of peridot,
flanked with diamonds, row upon row.
roughened with diamonds, row upon row.
