وَمُهَفهَفٍand a slender figure ضربpitched الجَمالbeauty رَواقَهُits canopy
وَمُهَفهَفٍ ضرب الجَمال رَواقَهُ
منfrom فَوقِهِabove him فأَظَلَّهُand so shaded him بِرواقِهِwith its canopy
من فَوقِهِ فأَظَلَّهُ بِرواقِهِ
And a slender one—Beauty pitched its pavilion
And a slender figure—beauty pitched its canopy
above him, shading him with its canopy.
Above him, and shaded him with its canopy.
يَتَثَنَّhe sways فيin خُضرِgreen البُرودِthe cloaks كَأَنَّهُas though he were
يَتَثَنَّ في خُضرِ البُرودِ كَأَنَّهُ
غُصنٌa branch ثَنَتهُbent it الريحُthe wind فيamid أَوراقِهِits leaves
غُصنٌ ثَنَتهُ الريحُ في أَوراقِهِ
He sways in robes of green, as though he were
He sways in green cloaks, as though he were
a bough the wind had bent among its leaves.
A branch the wind has bent amid its leaves.
وَكأَنَّماand as though زرَّتwere buttoned جيوبneck openings قَميصهof his shirt
وَكأَنَّما زرَّت جيوب قَميصه
فَوقَover الصَباحِthe dawn فَنَمَّand so betrayed its presence منthrough أَطواقِهِits collars
فَوقَ الصَباحِ فَنَمَّ من أَطواقِهِ
It was as though his shirt’s openings were buttoned
And it is as though his shirt's neck openings were buttoned
over the dawn—yet dawn betrayed itself through his collars.
Over the dawn, which betrayed its presence through the shirt's collars.
