لَهُhe has قُصَّةٌa forelock فَشَغَتhas spread over حاجِبَيهِhis two brows
لَهُ قُصَّةٌ فَشَغَت حاجِبَيهِ
والعَينُand the eye تُبصِرُsees ماwhat فيin الظُّلُمthe darkness
والعَينُ تُبصِرُ ما في الظُّلُم
He has a forelock spreading across his brows,
He has a forelock that has spread over his brows,
and an eye that sees what lies in darkness.
and his eye sees what lies in the darkness.
لَهُhe has كَتفَانtwo shoulders عَلاَويَتَانboth high-set
لَهُ كَتفَان عَلاَويَتَان
كَصَفحlike the face of أُواليَّةa great boulder مِنfrom إرَمa stone cairn
كَصَفح أُواليَّة مِن إرَم
He has two high-set shoulders,
He has two high-set shoulders,
like the broad face of a lofty edifice of Iram.
like the face of a great boulder from a cairn.
لَهُhe has عُنقٌa neck مِثلَlike جِذعِthe trunk of السَّحوthe tall palm (word continues)
لَهُ عُنقٌ مِثلَ جِذعِ السَّحو
قِending of السحوق, “tall palm” وأُذنٌand an ear مُصعَنَّةٌpointed كالقَلَمlike a reed pen
قِ وأُذنٌ مُصعَنَّةٌ كالقَلَم
He has a neck like the trunk of a towering—
He has a neck like the trunk of a tall palm,
—palm, and an ear tapered like a reed pen.
and a pointed ear like a reed pen.
سَليمُsound; uninjured النُّسُورِthe hoof-frogs إلىdown to حافِرٍa hoof
سَليمُ النُّسُورِ إلى حافِرٍ
وأَرساغُهُand his pasterns لَمnot (past negation) تُرَمَّلbe smeared بِدَمwith blood
وأَرساغُهُ لَم تُرَمَّل بِدَم
His leg-sinews are sound down to the hoof,
Sound in his hoof-frogs, down to the hoof,
and his fetlocks have never been stained with blood.
and his pasterns have not been smeared with blood.
لَهُhe has ذَنَبٌa tail مثلَlike ذيلِthe train of العَرُوسِthe bride
لَهُ ذَنَبٌ مثلَ ذيلِ العَرُوسِ
عَلَىover سُبَّةٍan anus مثلِlike حُجرِthe hollow of اللَّجَمthe seashells
عَلَى سُبَّةٍ مثلِ حُجرِ اللَّجَم
He has a tail like the trailing train of a bride,
He has a tail like a bride’s train,
set upon a rump like a bridle-stone.
over an anus like the hollow of a seashell.
