وَقَفَتshe stood بِصَدرat the breast of البازthe falcon وَالقَلبand the heart طائرflying
وَقَفَت بِصَدر الباز وَالقَلب طائر
عَلىupon غُصنa branch زاهٍradiant يَقلbears سَناthe brilliance of الشَمسthe sun
عَلى غُصن زاهٍ يَقل سَنا الشَمس
She stood at the falcon’s breast, the heart in flight,
She stood with a falcon's chest and a soaring heart
Upon a radiant branch bearing the sun’s brilliance.
On a blooming branch, shaded from the sun's rays
وَقَدand already صَفتhad been arrayed الخَيلthe horses العِتاقthoroughbred عَشيةat dusk
وَقَد صَفت الخَيل العِتاق عَشية
كَسَطرينlike two lines مَمدودينstretched out فيon جانِبيthe two sides of طرسa page
كَسَطرين مَمدودين في جانِبي طرس
And the thoroughbred horses had been arrayed at dusk,
And the horses were lined up in the evening
Like two lines stretched out on either side of a page.
Like two lines stretched out on both sides of Tarsus