أعنwas it revealing الإِغريِضpalm blossom أمor البَرَدِhailstones
أعن الإِغريِض أم البَرَدِ
ضَحِكَsmiled المتعجّبُthe one amazed مِنْat جَلَدِيmy endurance
ضَحِكَ المتعجّبُ مِنْ جَلَدِي
Was it white blossom, then, or hailstones
Was it palm blossom or hailstones
Roses or hailstones
Was it the palm-spadix or the hail,
that the man amazed at my fortitude bared in laughter?
that the one amazed at my endurance revealed in a smile?
The astonished man laughed at my patience
That the one marveling at my fortitude laughed to reveal?