غيرexcept for ماwhat راحَwent منof رقاقٍthin sheets رقيقٍdelicate
غير ما راحَ من رقاقٍ رقيقٍ
فوقَabove هامٍheads علىaccording to عِدادِthe number of الهامِthe heads
فوقَ هامٍ على عِدادِ الهامِ
Except for thin, delicate sheets that went
Gone beyond what was slight and delicate
above heads, matching the heads in number.
Above passionate yearnings counting passions
ذاكthat كالماءlike water ذيhaving الحبابِthe bubbles وهاتيand that one (continued)
ذاك كالماء ذي الحبابِ وهاتي
كdemonstrative ending completing 'that one' عليهupon it كطيرِlike birds ماءٍwater نيامasleep
ك عليه كطيرِ ماءٍ نيام
That is like water with bubbles, and that one
That's like water with bubbles while this one
upon it is like sleeping waterbirds.
Alights on it like a bird sleeping on water
ياoh! لأقبالهنّat their fronts or faces! (exclamation) وماand what يبديreveal (continued)
يا لأقبالهنّ وما يبدي
نthey (feminine plural ending) منof مُضْرَمٍa kindled fire شديدِfierce in الضرامthe blazing
ن من مُضْرَمٍ شديدِ الضرام
Oh, their faces, and what they reveal
Oh their good fortune and what it brings out
of a kindled fire, fierce in its blazing!
From intense burning fierce flaming
كأناسٍlike people يُوَشَّحونare draped مناديtowels (continued)
كأناسٍ يُوَشَّحون منادي
لfinal letter completing 'towels' إذاwhen أخرجواthey are brought out منfrom الحمامthe bathhouse
ل إذا أخرجوا من الحمام
Like people being draped in towels
Like people wrapping themselves when called
when they are brought out of the bathhouse.
Upon exiting the baths