مَرَّhe passed بِناby us مُلتفتاًturning to look مُسرِعاًhurrying
مَرَّ بِنا مُلتفتاً مُسرِعاً
كَالرِّئمlike a gazelle فيin خِيفَةِfear of روّاغِهِits wily pursuer
كَالرِّئم في خِيفَةِ روّاغِهِ
He passed us, turning to look as he hurried,
like a gazelle afraid of its wily pursuer,
ذاbearing صَولجانٍa polo mallet أبنوسٍof ebony وَتفand ap- (beginning of 'apples')
ذا صَولجانٍ أبنوسٍ وَتف
فاحِ-ples (completion of 'apples') لجينٍof silver صوغُthe handiwork of صَوَّاغِهِhis silversmith
فاحِ لجينٍ صوغُ صَوَّاغِهِ
bearing an ebony polo mallet and ap-
ples of silver, his silversmith’s handiwork.
أَفرغهاhe cast them صانعهُhis maker متقناًskillfully
أَفرغها صانعهُ متقناً
فيin قالبِa mold الجِبسِplaster كَإفراغِهِas he cast him
في قالبِ الجِبسِ كَإفراغِهِ
His maker cast them skillfully
in a plaster mold, just as he cast him.
كَأَنَّهُas though he فيin ضَربِهاstriking them لاطمٌslapping
كَأَنَّهُ في ضَربِها لاطمٌ
تُفَّاحَthe apples of خَدَّيهِhis two cheeks بِأَصدَاغِهِwith his temple-locks
تُفَّاحَ خَدَّيهِ بِأَصدَاغِهِ
As though, in striking them, he were slapping
the apples of his cheeks with his temple-locks.
Translation model: Sol 6.1