تلكthose الشوارعthe streets عُرّضتwere widened امتاراmeters
تلك الشوارع عُرّضت امتارا
ستاًsix بستٍّby six تدهشastonish النُظَّاراthe onlookers
ستاً بستٍّ تدهش النُظَّارا
Those streets were widened, in meters,
Those streets stretched for miles
six by six, astonishing the onlookers.
One after another, amazing beholders
يجريflows الهواءُthe air بهاthrough them رُخاءًgently مطلقاًunrestrained
يجري الهواءُ بها رُخاءً مطلقاً
يمحوwipes away السقامَillness ويذهبand dispels الاكدراgloom
يمحو السقامَ ويذهب الاكدرا
The air flows through them, gentle and unrestrained,
The air running through them, utterly free
wiping away illness and dispelling gloom.
Erasing illness and driving away gloom
تزدانare adorned بالانوارwith lights فوقatop منائرٍlampstands
تزدان بالانوار فوق منائرٍ
فيعودُand so becomes ليلُthe night المدلجينthose traveling by night نهاراday
فيعودُ ليلُ المدلجين نهارا
They are adorned with lights atop lampstands,
Lit with lights over its minarets
so night becomes day for those traveling after dark.
So the night of the afflicted becomes day
تلقىyou see الفراشmoths يحومُhover حولaround زُجاجهاtheir glass
تلقى الفراش يحومُ حول زُجاجها
كالنحلlike bees فيin روضa garden رأىsaw ازهاراflowers
كالنحل في روض رأى ازهارا
You see moths hovering around their glass,
Finding fireflies hovering around its windows
like bees in a garden, having spotted flowers.
Like bees in a garden full of flowers
ماhow أبهجdelightful الاسواقthe markets فيin ظلماتهاtheir darkness
ما أبهج الاسواق في ظلماتها
تشجيstir to melancholy الغريبthe stranger وتُطربand delight السَّماراthose conversing by night
تشجي الغريب وتُطرب السَّمارا
How delightful the markets are in their darkness!
How delightful are the markets in their darkness
They stir the stranger to melancholy and delight those who converse by night.
Exciting the foreigner and pleasing the night owl