تَجَرَّدَتshe stripped herself عَنof غَسَقِdarkness
تَجَرَّدَت عَن غَسَقِ
وَاِبتَسَمَتand she smiled عَنrevealing فَلَقِdaybreak
وَاِبتَسَمَت عَن فَلَقِ
She stripped herself of darkness,
She shed the twilight
And smiled, revealing daybreak,
And smiled beyond the horizon
وَأَمكَنَتand she yielded مِنto خُلُقٍa disposition
وَأَمكَنَت مِن خُلُقٍ
مُلتَهِبٍablaze مُحتَرِقِburning
مُلتَهِبٍ مُحتَرِقِ
And yielded to a spirit
With a fiery, ardent nature
Ablaze and burning.
Then stumbled over
ثُمَّthen نَضَتshe disrobed تَعثُرُshe stumbles فيin
ثُمَّ نَضَت تَعثُرُ في
فَضلَةِthe trailing remnant بُردٍa mantle شَرِقِbright red
فَضلَةِ بُردٍ شَرِقِ
Then she disrobed, stumbling in
A shredded eastern chill
The trailing remnant of a bright-red mantle,
As a night retreated
كَماas تَوَلَّتturned away لَيلَةٌa night
كَما تَوَلَّت لَيلَةٌ
تَسحَبُshe drags ذَيلَthe hem الغَسَقِthe darkness
تَسحَبُ ذَيلَ الغَسَقِ
As a night turned away,
Dragging the tail of dusk
Dragging the hem of darkness.
Partial English translation: 7 of 8 Arabic lines translated.