Sol 6.1

  1. لما التحى أصبحت عمامته ال

    سوداء تجلى مخضرة الحبكِ

    When he grew a beard, his turban—

    Black, with green-tinged woven folds—was displayed.

  2. وصار يختال أن يلين بخلق ال

    خز عن ردفه أو الفنك

    And he began to swagger, with worn cloth draping softly

    From his rump—silk-and-wool cloth or fennec fur.

  3. في كل يوم تراه مؤتزراً

    بالروض بين الحياض والبرك

    Each day you see him girded

    With a garden, amid basins and pools.

  4. وما علمنا بأنه قمر

    حتى اكتسى قطعة من الفلك

    And we did not know that he was a moon

    Until he donned a piece of the firmament.