ورياضٍand gardens حاكتwove لهنَّfor them الثريّاthe Pleiades
ورياضٍ حاكت لهنَّ الثريّا
حُلَلاًrobes كانwas غَزلُهاtheir yarn للرعودِbelonging to thunder
حُلَلاً كان غَزلُها للرعودِ
And gardens for which the Pleiades wove
Gardens woven for them by the soft rain,
Robes whose yarn was spun by thunder.
Whose thread was spun by thunder's roar.
نَثَرscattered الغيثُthe rain دُرَّpearls of دَمعٍtears عليهاupon them
نَثَر الغيثُ دُرَّ دَمعٍ عليها
فتحلَّتso they adorned themselves بمثلwith the like of درّpearls of العقودِnecklaces
فتحلَّت بمثل درّ العقودِ
The rain scattered pearls of tears upon them,
The rain poured forth pearls of tears upon them,
So they adorned themselves with pearls like those of necklaces.
Adorning them like necklaces of pearls.
أقحُوانchrysanthemums مُعانقٌembracing لشقيقٍwith anemones
أقحُوان مُعانقٌ لشقيقٍ
كثغورٍlike mouths تَعضُّbite وردَthe roses of الخدودِcheeks
كثغورٍ تَعضُّ وردَ الخدودِ
Chrysanthemums embracing anemones,
Cheeks pressing against cheeks
Like mouths biting the roses of cheeks.
Like roses nuzzling one another's blush.
وعيونٌand eyes منof نرجسٍnarcissus تتراءىappear
وعيونٌ من نرجسٍ تتراءى
كعيونٍlike eyes موصولةِunceasing in التسهيدِsleeplessness
كعيونٍ موصولةِ التسهيدِ
And eyes of narcissus come into view,
Eyes of narcissus gaze out
Like eyes kept ceaselessly awake.
Like eyes accentuated with kohl.
وكأنَّand as though الشقيقthe anemones حينwhen تبدّىthey appeared
وكأنَّ الشقيق حين تبدّى
ظُلمةُthe darkness of الصُدغtemple-locks فيon خدودthe cheeks of الغيدgraceful women
ظُلمةُ الصُدغ في خدود الغيد
And the anemones, when they appeared, seemed
As the cheeks appeared, the darkened temples
The darkness of temple-locks on the cheeks of graceful women.
Seemed shadows on the rosy cheeks.
وكأنّand as though الندىthe dew عليهاupon them دموعٌtears
وكأنّ الندى عليها دموعٌ
فيin جفونthe eyelids of مفجوعةa bereaved woman بفقيدof one she has lost
في جفون مفجوعة بفقيد
And the dew upon them seemed like tears
The dewdrops on them appeared as tears
In the eyelids of a woman mourning one she has lost.
On grieving eyelids lamenting the departed.