رأيتI saw المسكthe musk يعبقexudes fragrance فيin رياضgardens
رأيت المسك يعبق في رياض
علىupon طوقneck-ring الحمامةthe dove منfrom غزالa gazelle
على طوق الحمامة من غزال
I saw musk wafting its fragrance in gardens,
I saw musk perfuming the gardens
Upon the dove’s neck-ring, from a gazelle.
On the necklace of a dove made of gazelle
فهلso, does…? للمسكfor the musk فيin أصلorigin دخانsmoke
فهل للمسك في أصل دخان
تنبهياtake heed, O جهولignorant one للعوالto the lofty things (uncertain reading)
تنبهيا جهول للعوال
Does musk, then, have smoke at its source?
Does musk originally come from smoke?
Take heed, O ignorant one, of the lofty things (reading uncertain).
Wake up, ignorant one, and ponder