حَكى الرُمّانُ أَوَّلَ ما تَبَدّى

حَكى الرُمّانُ أَوَّلَ ما تَبَدّى

حِقاقَ زَبَرجَدٍ يُحشَينَ دُرّا

حِقاقَ زَبَرجَدٍ يُحشَينَ دُرّا

When first it showed itself, the pomegranate resembled

When first it appeared, the pomegranate resembled

The pomegranate first displayed, when it appeared,

emerald caskets filled with pearls.

chrysolite caskets filled with pearls.

The emptiness of chrysolite filled with pearls.

فَجاءَ الصَيفُ يَحشوهُ عَقيقاً

فَجاءَ الصَيفُ يَحشوهُ عَقيقاً

وَيَكسوهُ مُرورُ القَيظِ تِبرا

وَيَكسوهُ مُرورُ القَيظِ تِبرا

Then summer came and filled it with carnelian,

Then summer came, filling it with agate,

Then came summer, filling it with carnelian,

while the passing torrid heat clothed it in pure gold.

and the passing of summer’s heat clothes it in raw gold.

And covering it, the passing of sultry heat with dust.

وَيُحكى في الغُصونِ ثُدِيَّ حورٍ

وَيُحكى في الغُصونِ ثُدِيَّ حورٍ

شَقَقنَ غَلائِلاً عَنهُنَّ خُضرا

شَقَقنَ غَلائِلاً عَنهُنَّ خُضرا

Among the branches, it resembles the breasts of houris

Amid the branches, it is likened to the breasts of houris

And it tells, on the branches, of houri’s breasts

who have torn away their green, diaphanous robes.

who have torn their thin green gowns away from themselves.

That have burst their green buds apart.