وإذاand when بصُرتyou look بكفِّهاat her palm اليسرىleft حكتit resembles
وإذا بصُرت بكفِّها اليسرى حكت
يدhand حاسبٍof a reckoner تُلقيpresents عليكto you صنوفاvaried forms
يد حاسبٍ تُلقي عليك صنوفا
And when you look at her left palm, it resembles
And when you see in her left palm as it tells,
a reckoner's hand, presenting you with varied forms.
The hand of a calculator casting sums at you,
فكأنماso it is as though المِضرابُthe plectrum فيamong أوتارهits strings
فكأنما المِضرابُ في أوتاره
قَلمٌa pen يمَجمجُscrawls indistinctly فيin الكتابthe book حروفاletters
قَلمٌ يمَجمجُ في الكتاب حروفا
So it is as though the plectrum among its strings were
It's as though the plectrum among the strings
a pen scrawling letters in a book.
Were a pen splashing letters in a book.
ويجسُّهand probes it إِبهامُهاher thumb فكأنماso it is as though
ويجسُّه إِبهامُها فكأنما
فيin النَقرthe tapping تنفيshe rejects بهرَجاًbase coinage وزُيوفاand counterfeit coins
في النَقر تنفي بهرَجاً وزُيوفا
And her thumb probes it, as though
And her thumb sensing them is as if
in tapping she were rejecting base coins and counterfeits.
It were wiping out clutter and superfluities in tapping.