فيat سفحthe foot بيتhouse الدينthe faith قدindeed دفقgushed forth الصفاal-Safa
في سفح بيت الدين قد دفق الصفا
متسلسلاflowing in a chain يحكيresembles عقودnecklaces الجوهرِof gems
متسلسلا يحكي عقود الجوهرِ
At the foot of Beiteddine, al-Safa has gushed forth,
In the foothills of Beit Al Deen the river flowed
Flowing in a chain like necklaces of gems.
Cascading, telling beads of pearls
فتمايلتso swayed أشجارهits trees منfrom شوقهاtheir longing
فتمايلت أشجاره من شوقها
للقائهto meet it تحتbeneath القباءthe robe الأخضرgreen
للقائه تحت القباء الأخضر
So its trees swayed in their longing
So its trees swayed longing
To meet it beneath the green robe.
To meet beneath the green dome
وأشدّهنّand the keenest of them تشوّقاًin longing للقائهِto meet it
وأشدّهنّ تشوّقاً للقائهِ
حوراءُa dark-eyed beauty; a poplar ذاتpossessing تعزّزٍpride وتجبرand haughtiness
حوراءُ ذات تعزّزٍ وتجبر
And the most eager among them to meet it
And the most longing to meet it
Was a dark-eyed beauty—a poplar—proud and imperious.
Was a nymph, proud and aloof
فكأنهاso she seemed إذas لاعبتshe played with أوراقهاher leaves
فكأنها إذ لاعبت أوراقها
هيفاa slender-waisted maiden تُعَرّضُdisplays حليهاher jewels للمشتريto the buyer; also, to Jupiter
هيفا تُعَرّضُ حليها للمشتري
So, as she played with her leaves, she seemed
Who, toying with her leaves,
A slender-waisted maiden displaying her jewels to the buyer.
Displayed her jewelry as if to sell