أهيفa slender one قدhas ابدتrevealed ذراهits tips غرباa keen edge
أهيف قد ابدت ذراه غربا
متخذاtaking for itself منfrom الظلامthe darkness أهباskins
متخذا من الظلام أهبا
A slender one whose tips have bared a keen edge,
The winds have turned westward,
clothing itself in skins of darkness.
Making the darkness their dwelling.
يخالis taken to be فيin يدthe hand of الغلامthe lad شطباa palm frond
يخال في يد الغلام شطبا
يخطوit steps إذاwhen استنهضتهyou urge it to rise مكباbent forward
يخطو إذا استنهضته مكبا
In the lad’s hand it seems a palm frond.
In the boy's hand is a staff,
It steps, bent forward, when you urge it to rise.
When roused, he steps firmly ahead.
يقلبit turns over أصوافthe wool tufts الدويof the inkpots قلباthoroughly
يقلب أصواف الدوي قلبا
ويكربand distresses النفسthe soul عليهاover them كرباsorely
ويكرب النفس عليها كربا
It turns the inkpots’ wool over and over,
He turns the tent pegs upside down,
and sorely distresses the soul over them.
And greatly troubles the soul within.