هَريسَةٌharīsa (wheat-and-meat porridge) بَيضاءَwhite كافورِيَّهcamphor-like
هَريسَةٌ بَيضاءَ كافورِيَّه
فيin قَصعَةٍa large bowl صَفراءَyellow دينارِيَّهdinar-like
في قَصعَةٍ صَفراءَ دينارِيَّه
A camphor-white harisa,
White harīsa, like camphor,
in a yellow bowl, golden as a dinar;
in a yellow bowl, golden as a dinar.
لِلمَرءِfor the man فيهاin it حُمَّةٌa dark patch مِسكِيَّهmusk-like
لِلمَرءِ فيها حُمَّةٌ مِسكِيَّه
وَلِلسَلاءِand for the clarified butter لَمعَةٌa gleam تِبرِيَهgold-like
وَلِلسَلاءِ لَمعَةٌ تِبرِيَه
for the diner, it bears a musk-red flush,
For a man, within it lies a musk-dark patch;
while the clarified butter casts a gleam of gold,
and the clarified butter has a gleam of gold,
تَدورُit circles فيin مِبيَضَّةٍa white expanse فِضِّيَّهsilvery
تَدورُ في مِبيَضَّةٍ فِضِّيَّه
مِثلَlike السِوارِthe bracelet فيon يَدِthe hand of الرومِيَهthe Roman woman
مِثلَ السِوارِ في يَدِ الرومِيَه
circling through silvery whiteness,
circling within a silvery-white expanse,
like a bracelet on a Byzantine woman’s hand.
like a bracelet on a Roman woman's hand.
