لوif كنتyou had been شاهدa witness to ليلةٍa night فضَّيتهاI spent it (probably intended as قضَّيتها)
لو كنت شاهد ليلةٍ فضَّيتها
فيin ساحتيthe two courtyards of ملكٍa king مطاعobeyed بلnay ملكan angel
في ساحتي ملكٍ مطاع بل ملك
Had you but witnessed a night I spent
Had you witnessed a night I spent
in my courtyard—an obeyed king, nay, an angel—
in the two courtyards of an obeyed king—nay, an angel—
وكأنماand as though الأترجُّthe citrons تبرٌunworked gold جامدٌsolid
وكأنما الأترجُّ تبرٌ جامدٌ
ومدلمهُand his wine (probably intended as ومدامهُ) تبرٌunworked gold تأجَّجit blazed فانسبكthen it melted
ومدلمهُ تبرٌ تأجَّج فانسبك
when the citrons seemed solid gold,
with the citrons seeming solid gold,
and its pitch-dark depths were golden, blazing and running molten,
and his wine gold that blazed, then melted,
وكواكبand the stars of الشَّمعthe wax candles المضاعفredoubled نورهits light
وكواكب الشَّمع المضاعف نوره
زهرٌradiant لجالستَyou would have sat with النجومthe stars معtogether with الفلكthe celestial sphere
زهرٌ لجالستَ النجوم مع الفلك
and waxen stars, their light redoubled,
and the candle-stars, their light redoubled,
all radiant—you would have sat with the stars and the celestial sphere.
shining, you would have sat with the stars and the celestial sphere.
Sol 6.1