كأنَّas though تأجُّجَblazing كانونِناour brazier
كأنَّ تأجُّجَ كانونِنا
تَكاثُفُdense clustering نَوْرٍblossoms منfrom العُصْفُرِthe safflower
تَكاثُفُ نَوْرٍ من العُصْفُرِ
It is as though our brazier’s blaze
As if our passion's flare
were a dense cluster of safflower blossoms.
Were light condensed from yellow flowers
وأحدثَand produced إخمادُهquenching it زُرْقةًa blue hue
وأحدثَ إخمادُه زُرْقةً
تَأجَّجُblazes فيwithin مُدمَجٍa compact mass أحمَرِred
تَأجَّجُ في مُدمَجٍ أحمَرِ
And quenching it produced a blue hue
And its extinguishing has given rise
that blazes within a compact red mass,
To glowing red embers
كَبِركَةِlike a pool جَمْرٍembers علىon صَاجِهاits iron plate
كَبِركَةِ جَمْرٍ على صَاجِها
بقاياremnants تَفَتُّحِblossoming لَينُوفَرِwater lilies
بقايا تَفَتُّحِ لَينُوفَرِ
like a pool of embers, on whose iron plate
Like remnants of firebrands
lie remnants of water-lily blooms.
On their iron grates still glowing