خَلَيانيyou two, let me أَجُرُّI trail فَضلَthe excess length of بُروديmy striped cloaks
خَلَياني أَجُرُّ فَضلَ بُرودي
راتِعاًreveling فيin رِياضِthe gardens of عَينِʿAyn (spring) البُرودِal-Burūd
راتِعاً في رِياضِ عَينِ البُرودِ
You two, let me trail the flowing hems of my robes,
Let me trail the hems of my striped cloaks,
roaming at ease through the gardens of ʿAyn al-Burūd.
Reveling in the gardens of ʿAyn al-Burūd.
كَمhow many بِهاin it مِنof بَديعِwondrous زَهرٍblossoms أَنيقٍlovely
كَم بِها مِن بَديعِ زَهرٍ أَنيقٍ
كَفُصولٍlike passages مَنظومَةٍarranged وَعُقودِand necklaces
كَفُصولٍ مَنظومَةٍ وَعُقودِ
How many exquisite and lovely blossoms it holds,
How many wondrous, lovely blossoms are there,
like passages composed and necklaces strung!
Like well-ordered passages and necklaces:
زَنبَقٌlilies بَينَamong قُضبِsprigs of آسٍmyrtle وَبانٍand ben trees
زَنبَقٌ بَينَ قُضبِ آسٍ وَبانٍ
وَأَقاحٍand daisies وَنَرجِسٍand narcissi وَوُرودِand roses
وَأَقاحٍ وَنَرجِسٍ وَوُرودِ
A lily among sprays of myrtle and slender ben tree,
Lilies among sprigs of myrtle and ben trees,
and daisies, narcissi, and roses—
And daisies, and narcissi, and roses,
كَجَبينٍlike a brow وَعارِضٍand a bearded cheek وَقَوامٍand a graceful form
كَجَبينٍ وَعارِضٍ وَقَوامٍ
وَثُغورٍand mouths وَأَعيُنٍand eyes وَخُدودِand cheeks
وَثُغورٍ وَأَعيُنٍ وَخُدودِ
like a brow, a cheek, and a graceful form,
Like a brow, a bearded cheek, a graceful form,
and smiling mouths, eyes, and cheeks.
And mouths, and eyes, and cheeks.
