للهِto God! (an exclamation of admiration) بدرٌa full moon أشرقَتْshone
للهِ بدرٌ أشرقَتْ
شمسُthe sun المدامةِwine فيin يمينِهْhis right hand
شمسُ المدامةِ في يمينِهْ
By God, what a full moon! There shone
the sun of wine in his right hand.
وافىhe came بهاwith it وبمِثلِهاand with its like
وافى بها وبمِثلِها
أخرىanother تُحيلُit points علىto فنونِهْhis varied arts
أخرى تُحيلُ على فنونِهْ
He came with it, and with its like—
another, pointing to his varied arts.
فسكرتُso I became drunk لاnot أدريI know أمِنْwhether from
فسكرتُ لا أدري أمِنْ
كاساتِهhis cups أمor منْfrom جُفونِهْhis eyelids
كاساتِه أم منْ جُفونِهْ
So I grew drunk, not knowing whether from
his cups or from his eyelids.
وجنيتُand I plucked منfrom وجَناتِهhis cheeks
وجنيتُ من وجَناتِه
ورداًroses زَهاbloomed فيin غيرِother than حينِهits season
ورداً زَها في غيرِ حينِه
And from his cheeks I plucked
roses that bloomed out of season.
يُفْنيhe consumes إذاwhen جعلَhe made الأصيthe late afternoon (continued)
يُفْني إذا جعلَ الأصي
لَcompletion of 'the late afternoon' يشُبَّkindle ناراًa fire فيin مَعينِهْhis flowing wine
لَ يشُبَّ ناراً في مَعينِهْ
He consumes me when he makes the late
afternoon kindle a fire in his flowing wine.
وتَناشدَand exchanged chants الرهبانُthe monks كلٌّeach one
وتَناشدَ الرهبانُ كلٌّ
مطربٌgiving delight بلحونِwith melodies دينِهْhis faith
مطربٌ بلحونِ دينِهْ
And the monks exchanged chants, each
giving delight with the melodies of his faith.
فالديرso the monastery يرقصُdances بينamid جِدِّearnestness
فالدير يرقصُ بين جِدِّ
هوًىpassion تبرقَعveiled itself فيin مُجونِهْits wanton mirth
هوًى تبرقَع في مُجونِهْ
So the monastery dances amid the earnestness
of passion veiled in its wanton mirth.
لاحappeared الهلالُthe crescent moon لليلتيat two nights old (continued)
لاح الهلالُ لليلتي
نِdual ending completing 'two nights' فخلّand loosed عنهfrom itself عُرَىbonds دُجونِهْits darkness
نِ فخلّ عنه عُرَى دُجونِهْ
The crescent appeared, two nights
old, and loosed the bonds of its darkness.
وبداand it appeared كوجهِlike the face of مسافرٍa traveler
وبدا كوجهِ مسافرٍ
رفعَlifted العِمامةَthe turban عنfrom جَبينهْhis brow
رفعَ العِمامةَ عن جَبينهْ
And it appeared like the face of a traveler
who lifted his turban from his brow.
Sol 6.1