ربَّmany a فَرَّانbaker جَلاburnished صَفْحَتَهُhis face
ربَّ فَرَّان جَلا صَفْحَتَهُ
لَهَبُflame الفرنِof the oven جلاءَburnishing العَسْجدِpure gold
لَهَبُ الفرنِ جلاءَ العَسْجدِ
Many a baker whose face has been burnished
By the oven's flame, as pure gold is burnished,
يُضرِمُkindles النَّارَthe fire بأحشاءِin the innards of الوَرىpeople
يُضرِمُ النَّارَ بأحشاءِ الوَرى
مثلماjust as يُضْرَمُis kindled فيin المُسْتَوقَدِthe hearth
مثلما يُضْرَمُ في المُسْتَوقَدِ
Kindles fire in people's bellies,
Just as it is kindled in the hearth.
فَكأنَّso it is as though الوجْهthe face منهُof him خُبزةٌa loaf of bread
فَكأنَّ الوجْه منهُ خُبزةٌ
فَوقَهاabove it الشَّعرُthe hair كَقِدرٍlike a pot أسودِblack
فَوقَها الشَّعرُ كَقِدرٍ أسودِ
So his face seems like a loaf of bread,
With hair above it like a black pot.
Translation model: Sol 6.1