وبنفسجand a violet غضtender القطافthe picking كأنهas though it were
وبنفسج غض القطاف كأنه
منof خالصpure الياقوتthe sapphire نوعa variety أزرقblue
من خالص الياقوت نوع أزرق
And a violet, freshly plucked, as though it were
And a violet, tender and freshly picked, as though it were
a blue variety fashioned from pure sapphire—
a blue variety of pure sapphire.
عقدتwere knotted صوالجهits polo mallets فقامso it stood مزنراgirdled
عقدت صوالجه فقام مزنرا
بينamong الكراتthe balls وبعضهand some of it متمنطقbelted
بين الكرات وبعضه متمنطق
its polo mallets knotted together, it stands zunnār-girdled
Its polo mallets were knotted, so it stood girdled
among the balls, part of it belted at the waist.
among the balls, and some of it was belted.
وردa blossom سباكcaptivated you بزرقةwith blueness فكأنهso it is as though
ورد سباك بزرقة فكأنه
لاشكwithout doubt منfrom روسheads الطواوسthe peacocks يسرقsteals
لاشك من روس الطواوس يسرق
A flower enthralls you with its blueness, as though it
A blossom that captivated you with its blueness, as though it
were surely stealing that hue from peacocks’ plumage.
were surely stealing from the heads of peacocks.
