تَرَكتُI left سَمينَthe fatty part of اللَحمِthe meat يَبيَضُّturns white بَعضُهُsome of it
تَرَكتُ سَمينَ اللَحمِ يَبيَضُّ بَعضُهُ
وَيَحمَرُّand turns red بَعضٌsome خَلطَكَlike your mixing الدُرَّpearls بِالتِبرِwith raw gold
وَيَحمَرُّ بَعضٌ خَلطَكَ الدُرَّ بِالتِبرِ
I left the fatty meat, some of it turning white,
and some turning red, like your mixing pearls with raw gold;
وَأَعرَضتُand I turned away عَنfrom حَلواءَsweets شَقَّproved taxing فُنونُهاtheir varieties
وَأَعرَضتُ عَن حَلواءَ شَقَّ فُنونُها
فَبيضٌso, white ones إِلىbeside حُمرٍred ones وَحُمرٌand red ones إِلىbeside صُفرِyellow ones
فَبيضٌ إِلى حُمرٍ وَحُمرٌ إِلى صُفرِ
and turned away from sweets, taxing in their variety—
white beside red, and red beside yellow—
إِلىtoward ثَردَةٍa bread-and-broth stew رَقطاءَmottled قُطِّعَwas chopped فَوقَهاover it
إِلى ثَردَةٍ رَقطاءَ قُطِّعَ فَوقَها
مُقَفَّعَةٌsomething crinkled خَضراءَgreen فيamid وَرَقٍleaves خُضرِgreen
مُقَفَّعَةٌ خَضراءَ في وَرَقٍ خُضرِ
for a mottled bread-and-broth stew, over which had been chopped
something crinkled and green amid green leaves.