Sol 6.1

  1. وَعقفاءَ مثلِ هِلالِ السَّما

    ولكنَّها لَبِسَتْ سُنْدُسا

    And a curved one, like the crescent in the sky,

    Yet it has donned fine silk.

  2. عِراقيّةٍ لم يَذُبْ جِسمُها

    هُزالاً ولم تَجْسُ فيما جَسا

    An Iraqi one: its body has not wasted away

    From leanness, nor has it hardened as others have.

  3. زَبَرَجَدَةٌ حَسُنَتْ مَنْظَراً

    وكافورَةٌ بَرَدَتْ مَلمَسا

    A chrysolite, lovely to behold,

    And a piece of camphor, cool to the touch.

  4. على رأسِها زَهرَةٌ غَضَّةٌ

    كَنَجمِ الظَّلامِ إذا عَسعَسا

    Upon its head is a fresh blossom,

    Like a star in the darkness as night falls.

  5. حَبانا بها مَغرِسٌ طَيِّبٌ

    من الأرضِ أَكرِمْ به مغرِسا

    A good planting ground has bestowed it on us,

    From the earth—how noble a planting ground it is!

  6. لها أخَواتٌ لِطافُ القُدُودِ

    إذا ما تَبَرَّجْنَ خُضرُ الكُسا

    It has sisters, slender of figure,

    Whenever they display their beauty, green-robed.

  7. مُحجبَّةٌ عن شُموسِ النَّهارِ

    وبارزةٌ لنسيمِ المَسا

    Veiled from the suns of day,

    And unveiled to the evening breeze.

  8. تَقوَّسُ في حينِ ميلادِها

    ولم أرَ ذا صِغَرٍ قَوَّسا

    It curves into a bow at the moment of its birth,

    And I have never seen one so young grow bowed.

  9. يَطولُ اللسانُ بإطرائِها

    ويُصبحُ عن ذَمِّها أخرَسا

    The tongue grows long in praising it,

    And falls mute when it comes to disparaging it.