منشفةa towel خملهاits pile تخالyou imagine بهاin it
منشفة خملها تخال بها
قدفتhas been crumbled كافورهits camphor علىupon طبقa platter
قدفت كافوره على طبق
A towel whose plush nap makes you imagine that it
A towel whose pile makes you imagine
has scattered its camphor over a tray—
its camphor crumbled upon a platter;
كأنماas though أنبتتcaused to sprout خمائلهاits tufts
كأنما أنبتت خمائلها
ماwhat أرتشفتit sipped منof لآليءpearls العرقsweat
ما أرتشفت من لآليء العرق
as though its tufted folds had brought forth
as though its tufts had been made to sprout by
what they had sipped of the pearls of sweat.
what it had sipped of the pearls of sweat.
