أَمَرْجُناour meadow (interrogative) المَرْجِيّal-Marjī أَيّwhat a مَرْجِmeadow
أَمَرْجُنا المَرْجِيّ أَيّ مَرْجِ
فيin تِيْنِهِits figs البالِغِfully ripe غَيْرِnot الفِجِّunripe
في تِيْنِهِ البالِغِ غَيْرِ الفِجِّ
What a meadow our Marjī meadow is!
What meadow is this, so fragrant and pure,
With its figs fully ripe, not unripe,
With fruits so ripe, and untrod by man's footsteps impure?
يُشْبِهُresembles فيin اللَّوْنِcolor وَرِيحَand scent الأَرْجِfragrance
يُشْبِهُ في اللَّوْنِ وَرِيحَ الأَرْجِ
نَوَافِجَsacs المسْكِof musk وَبَرْدِand the coolness الثَّلْجِof snow
نَوَافِجَ المسْكِ وَبَرْدِ الثَّلْجِ
They resemble, in color and fragrant scent,
Its scent is like musk, its hue is like snow,
Musk sacs and the coolness of snow,
Or heads of barley, so black, in a row,
مِثْلَlike رُؤوسِheads العَلْفِof fodder سُودَblack نَسْجِwoven texture
مِثْلَ رُؤوسِ العَلْفِ سُودَ نَسْجِ
أَوْor كَثُدَاياlike the breasts of ناهِدَاتِnubile women الزِّنْجِthe Zanj
أَوْ كَثُدَايا ناهِدَاتِ الزِّنْجِ
Like heads of fodder plants, black in texture,
Or breasts of maidens, with beauty aglow.
Or like the breasts of nubile Zanj women.
Partial English translation: 5 of 6 Arabic lines translated.