ولَمَّاand when اكْتَسَىclothed itself اللَّوزُthe almond tree الحَسِينُthe lovely مَطَارِفاًbordered cloaks
ولَمَّا اكْتَسَى اللَّوزُ الحَسِينُ مَطَارِفاً
جَدايدَnew منfrom أَثْوابِهِits garments السُّندُسيَّةِof fine silk
جَدايدَ من أَثْوابِهِ السُّندُسيَّةِ
And when the lovely almond tree donned bordered cloaks,
When the handsome almond tree was clothed in blossoms,
new ones from its garments of fine silk,
its delicate silken robes shedding like bracelets,
أَشَارَit gestured بِأَغْصَانٍwith branches كأنَّas though فُرُوعَهَاtheir offshoots
أَشَارَ بِأَغْصَانٍ كأنَّ فُرُوعَهَا
أَكُفٌّpalms تَصَدَّتْreadied themselves للدُّعَاءِfor supplication ومُدَّتِand were stretched out
أَكُفٌّ تَصَدَّتْ للدُّعَاءِ ومُدَّتِ
it gestured with branches, as though their offshoots were
it seemed to beckon with branches that were like hands
palms poised for supplication and stretched out.
outstretched in prayer and calling for aid.