صُفْرُyellow مدارٍcircumference تَضُمُّهاenclose them شُرَفٌbattlements
صُفْرُ مدارٍ تَضُمُّها شُرَفٌ
مُفتَضَحٌput to shame عندbeside نَشْرِهاtheir fragrance العِطْرُperfume
مُفتَضَحٌ عند نَشْرِها العِطْرُ
Yellow-rimmed blooms, enclosed by battlements;
Perfume is put to shame beside their fragrance.
تَحمِلُهاbears them خَيْزُرانَةٌa bamboo cane ذَبُلَتْdrooped
تَحمِلُها خَيْزُرانَةٌ ذَبُلَتْ
ذُبولَthe drooping of صَبٍّa lovesick man أذلَّهُhumbled him الهَجْرُestrangement
ذُبولَ صَبٍّ أذلَّهُ الهَجْرُ
A bamboo cane bears them, drooping
With the droop of a lovesick man whom estrangement has humbled.
كأنهاas though they إذwhen زَهَتْbloomed بألسِنَةٍwith tongues
كأنها إذ زَهَتْ بألسِنَةٍ
أنطَقَهاmade them speak للمُهَيمنِto the Guardian الذِّكْرُremembrance
أنطَقَها للمُهَيمنِ الذِّكْرُ
As though, when they bloom with tongues
That remembrance has set speaking to the Guardian,
خَناجرٌdaggers منfrom حَناجرٍthroats نُزِعَتْwere drawn out
خَناجرٌ من حَناجرٍ نُزِعَتْ
فهيand so they علىupon الماءِthe water منfrom دمٍblood حُمْرُred
فهي على الماءِ من دمٍ حُمْرُ
They were daggers drawn from throats,
And so lie upon the water, red with blood.