لَمّاwhen بَسَطواthey spread الذَيلَthe hem وَحازواand they acquired الذَهَباthe gold
لَمّا بَسَطوا الذَيلَ وَحازوا الذَهَبا
كالوردِlike roses تَهتَّكواthey laid themselves bare ليُصلَواso they might be burned لَهَباflame
كالوردِ تَهتَّكوا ليُصلَوا لَهَبا
When they spread their hems and amassed gold,
Like roses, they laid themselves bare to be scorched by flame.
ذوthe possessor of الشوكَةِthe thorn (figuratively, power) مِنهُمُamong them وَذوand the possessor of التاجِthe crown يُرىis seen
ذو الشوكَةِ مِنهُمُ وَذو التاجِ يُرى
كالوَردِlike roses بِمُدرَجalong the path of الصباthe east wind قَدalready ذَهَباboth have gone
كالوَردِ بِمُدرَج الصبا قَد ذَهَبا
The thorn-bearer among them and the crowned one are seen
To have both gone, like roses, along the east wind's path.