هلis ...? هذهthis الشمسthe sun منهاby it الطرفthe gaze مفتونُenchanted
هل هذه الشمس منها الطرف مفتونُ
أمor مظهرa manifestation of الحسنbeauty يبدوappears فيهin it تحسينُadornment
أم مظهر الحسن يبدو فيه تحسينُ
Is this the sun, by which the gaze is enchanted?
Is this sun, from it the side is infatuated
Or a manifestation of beauty, in which adornment appears?
Or the appearance of beauty appears in it to improve
أمor روضa garden of أنسٍdelight بهin it الأغصانthe boughs راقصةdancing
أم روض أنسٍ به الأغصان راقصة
وللبلابلand for the nightingales فيin أنحاهits reaches تلحينُmelodious singing
وللبلابل في أنحاه تلحينُ
Or a garden of delight, its boughs dancing,
Or a garden of intimacy in which the branches are dancing
with nightingales singing throughout its reaches?
And for the nightingales in its corners a melody
أمor تلكthat حوريةa houri بينamong الأنامِhumankind وهلand do ...?
أم تلك حورية بين الأنامِ وهل
فيin غيرother than جناتِthe gardens of عدنٍEden تظهرappear العينُthe wide-eyed maidens
في غير جناتِ عدنٍ تظهر العينُ
Or is that a houri among humankind—and do
Or is it a houri between people, is it possible
the wide-eyed maidens appear outside the gardens of Eden?
That the eye appears in other than the gardens of Eden
فيin شهرِthe month of ذيDhu (month-name component) القعدةِal-Qa‘dah (month-name component) الميمونauspicious قدindeed ظهرتshe appeared
في شهرِ ذي القعدةِ الميمون قد ظهرت
فبانand so appeared درٌa pearl منfrom الأصدافِthe shells مكنونُhidden
فبان درٌ من الأصدافِ مكنونُ
In the auspicious month of Dhu al-Qa‘dah she appeared,
In the blessed month of Dhu al-Qi'dah it appeared
and a hidden pearl emerged from the shells.
So a pearl from shells hidden became apparent
بدتshe appeared لناto us كالثرياlike the Pleiades تزهديprobably: glorying (unclear form) عجباًin pride
بدت لنا كالثريا تزهدي عجباً
وحسنand the beauty of طالعهاher rising بالسعدِwith good fortune مقرونُjoined
وحسن طالعها بالسعدِ مقرونُ
She appeared to us like the Pleiades, glorying in pride [uncertain reading],
It appeared to us like a chandelier, amazingly beautiful
and the beauty of her rising is joined with good fortune.
And the beauty of its rising paired with good fortune
وأصبحتand she began تنشدsinging البشرىglad tidings مؤرخةًrecording the date
وأصبحت تنشد البشرى مؤرخةً
ميلادthe birth of فاطمةٍFatimah بالرشدwith right guidance ميمونُblessed
ميلاد فاطمةٍ بالرشد ميمونُ
And she began singing glad tidings, recording the date:
And it began reciting good tidings, dating
Fatimah's birth is blessed with right guidance.
The birth of Fatima with righteous auspices