الثلجthe snow قدindeed جاءhas come علىon أشهبa gray steed
الثلج قد جاء على أشهب
وعمand covered بالبلقاin al-Balqa; also, with the piebald mare وسيعthe vast الفضاexpanse
وعم بالبلقا وسيع الفضا
Snow has come riding a dapple-gray steed,
Snow has come on a gray steed,
and blanketed al-Balqā’s wide expanse.
And in al-Balqa has covered the vast expanse.
فارتاعتso she took fright الشقراءthe fair one منfrom جلقJilliq (Damascus)
فارتاعت الشقراء من جلق
إذwhen سلdrew forth منfrom أبيضهits white substance أبيضاa white blade
إذ سل من أبيضه أبيضا
Then the tawny beauty of Jillaq took fright
So the fair one of Jilliq took fright,
when he drew a white blade from his white sheath.
When it drew a white blade from its whiteness.