وَلَقَدْand indeed نَزَّهْتُهُمْI took them on an outing فَوْabove (begins “above you”)
وَلَقَدْ نَزَّهْتُهُمْ فَوْ
قَكَyou (completes “above you”) فيin مَاءِwater وَخُضْرَهْand greenery
قَكَ في مَاءِ وَخُضْرَهْ
And indeed I took them on an outing atop
you, amid water and greenery.
فَغداso became جِلْدُكَyour skin لاnot أَثْواgarments (word begins)
فَغدا جِلْدُكَ لا أَثْوا
بُهُits (completes “its garments”) فيin الشَّمْسِthe sun عُصْرَهُits wringing-out (sense uncertain)
بُهُ في الشَّمْسِ عُصْرَهُ
So your skin—not its garments—
was wrung out in the sun.
وَرَأَيْناand we saw جِسمَكَyour body الأَبْthe white (word begins)
وَرَأَيْنا جِسمَكَ الأَبْ
يَضَwhite (word completion) قَدْalready شُرِّبَwas steeped in حُمْرَهْredness
يَضَ قَدْ شُرِّبَ حُمْرَهْ
And we saw your white body
now steeped in redness.
وَسَمِعْناهُمْand we heard them يَقُولوthey say (word continues)
وَسَمِعْناهُمْ يَقُولو
نَplural ending completing “they say” الأَميرُthe emir اليَوْمَtoday زَفْرَهْa greasy morsel
نَ الأَميرُ اليَوْمَ زَفْرَهْ
And we heard them saying,
“Today the emir is a greasy morsel.”