قَدalready آنَthe time has come أَنto تَصحُوَsober up أَوor تُقصِرdesist
قَد آنَ أَن تَصحُوَ أَو تُقصِر
وقَدand already أَتَىhas passed لِمَاsince what عَهِدتَyou once knew عُصُرa long time
وقَد أَتَى لِمَا عَهِدتَ عُصُر
It is time for you to sober up or desist—
It is time to wake or shorten the night
And a long time has passed since what you knew—
The age of promise has arrived
عَنfrom مُبرِقاتٍglittering women بالبُرينَwith anklets وتَبand ap-
عَن مُبرِقاتٍ بالبُرينَ وتَب
دُو-pear بالأَكُفِّupon the hands الَّلامعِاتِgleaming سُوُرbracelets
دُو بالأَكُفِّ الَّلامعِاتِ سُوُر
From women glittering with anklets; and
With tents gleaming white and raised
Bracelets appear upon their gleaming hands.
With glowing outstretched palms their walls
بِيضٌfair-skinned women عليهنَّupon them الدِّمَقسُsilk وبِالand about the
بِيضٌ عليهنَّ الدِّمَقسُ وبِال
أَعناقِnecks مِنfrom تَحتِbeneath الأَكُفَّةِthe garment borders دُرpearls
أَعناقِ مِن تَحتِ الأَكُفَّةِ دُر
Fair women clad in silk, and about their
Pale light upon them, necklaces of pearls
Necks, beneath the garment borders, pearls.
Beneath their veils