نارنْجُنَاour bitter orange فيin لونِهits color
نارنْجُنَا في لونِه
وشَكلِهand its shape المُدَوَّرِround
وشَكلِه المُدَوَّرِ
Our bitter orange, in its color
Our orange in its color
And its rounded shape,
And its round shape
يحكيresembles كُراتِballs سُفُنٍshagreen (rough fishskin leather)
يحكي كُراتِ سُفُنٍ
مصبوغةٍdyed بالعُصْفُرِwith safflower
مصبوغةٍ بالعُصْفُرِ
Is like balls of shagreen,
Tells of painted ship balls
Dyed with safflower,
In yellow ochre
ملفوفةًwrapped فيin خِرَقٍcloth scraps
ملفوفةً في خِرَقٍ
منof الحريرِsilk الأخضرِgreen
من الحريرِ الأخضرِ
Wrapped in scraps
Wrapped in strips
Of green silk;
Of green silk
أوor كَنهودٍlike breasts ظَهَرَتْhave emerged
أو كَنهودٍ ظَهَرَتْ
منfrom تحتbeneath لاذٍsilk cloth أحمَرِred
من تحت لاذٍ أحمَرِ
Or like breasts that have emerged
Or like partridges that appeared
From beneath red silk.
From under red shelter
حِقاقُsmall caskets تِبْرٍraw gold ضُمِّنَتْwere filled
حِقاقُ تِبْرٍ ضُمِّنَتْ
حشواًstuffing بديعَwondrous المنظرِappearance
حشواً بديعَ المنظرِ
Caskets of gold, filled
Apricot pits were stuffed
With stuffing wondrous to behold:
With a beautiful filling
أبريسَمٌsilk كبَّتُهits skein
أبريسَمٌ كبَّتُه
مبلولةٌwet لمnot تُعْصَرِbe wrung out
مبلولةٌ لم تُعْصَرِ
Silk, whose skein
Juicy apricots that were not squeezed
Is wet and has not been wrung out.
Partial English translation: 11 of 12 Arabic lines translated.