أَسبلِlet flow الدمعَthe tears عندَat the time of نشرِspreading دخانِsmoke
أَسبلِ الدمعَ عندَ نشرِ دخانِ
فيهِin it عطرٌa fragrance مِنfrom ياسمينٍjasmine بحقّهin a little box
فيهِ عطرٌ مِن ياسمينٍ بحقّه
Let tears flow as smoke spreads;
Let fall the tears at the wafting of smoke;
within it is jasmine’s fragrance, in a little box.
In it a fragrance of jasmine in its truth.
فَتفاءلتُso I felt hopeful إِنّindeed فيin اليأسِdespair مينٌfalsehood
فَتفاءلتُ إِنّ في اليأسِ مينٌ
وَتبيّنتُand I discerned فيهِin it ليناًsoftness ورقّهand tenderness
وَتبيّنتُ فيهِ ليناً ورقّه
So I took heart: in despair there is falsehood,
So I was hopeful, for in despair a bend,
and I discerned in it softness and tenderness.
And in it I saw softness and tenderness.