بَعضُsome الثُغورِthe mouths لآلئpearls
بَعضُ الثُغورِ لآلئ
تومٌpearl-beads وَلَيسَand not كَتومِهِlike his pearl-beads
تومٌ وَلَيسَ كَتومِهِ
Some mouths have pearls—
Some mouths are pearls—
Some gaps are pearls
Some mouths are pearls,
pearls, but none like his pearls.
pearl-beads, yet not like his.
Not like other gaps
Beads of silver, yet unlike his beads;
لَمdid not يَبتَسمsmile غداةَon the morning أَودىhe died
لَم يَبتَسم غداةَ أَودى
إِلّاexcept الأَعاديthe enemies مَعَwith السَواميthe lofty ones
إِلّا الأَعادي مَعَ السَوامي
No one smiled on the morning when he perished
No one smiled on the morning he died
None smiled the morning after destruction
He did not smile on the morning he perished,
except the foes, together with the grazing herds.
except the enemies, along with the lofty ones.
Except the enemies and the vultures
Save for the enemies and the grazing herds.