سقتهshe gave him to drink ابنةdaughter العَمريِّal-ʿAmrī منfrom خمرwine عينهاher eye
سقته ابنة العَمريِّ من خمر عينها
ووجنتهاand her cheek كأساa cup تميتkills وتُدنفُand makes gravely ill
ووجنتها كأسا تميت وتُدنفُ
The daughter of al-ʿAmrī served him, from the wine of her eye
She gave him to drink from the wine of her eyes,
and her cheek, a cup that kills and leaves one gravely ill.
And her cheek was a cup that intoxicates and maddens.
فقالso he said امزجيهاmix it بالرضابwith saliva لعلَّهperhaps it
فقال امزجيها بالرضاب لعلَّه
يسكِّنُcalms منsome of سكرintoxication الهوىlove ويخفِّفُand lessens
يسكِّنُ من سكر الهوى ويخفِّفُ
So he said, “Mix it with saliva; perhaps it
So he said, "Mix it with coolness, perhaps it
will calm love’s intoxication and lessen it.”
Will calm the intoxication of passion and lessen it."
فصدَّتbut she turned away ملياًfor a long while ثمthen جادتshe was generous بريقةwith a drop of saliva
فصدَّت ملياً ثم جادت بريقة
يزيدincreases لهاbecause of it سكرintoxication المحبthe lover فيضعفso he grows weak
يزيد لها سكر المحب فيضعف
But she turned away a long while, then bestowed a drop of saliva,
But she frowned for a while, then smiled a flash
which heightens the lover’s intoxication, leaving him weak.
That increased the intoxication of the lover and doubled it.
فراحso he went away بضعفَيwith twice سُكرهhis intoxication منfrom مزاجهاher mixture
فراح بضعفَي سُكره من مزاجها
وقدand perhaps تسألyou ask العدلjustice الولاةthe rulers فتعسفyet they act unjustly
وقد تسأل العدل الولاة فتعسف
So he went away twice as drunk from her mixture;
Thus he departed twice intoxicated by her mixture,
and you may ask rulers for justice, only for them to act unjustly.
Though justice from rulers may be sought, but is difficult.
فهلso is there منany مزاجadmixture زادincreased فيin سكرintoxication شاربa drinker
فهل من مزاج زاد في سكر شارب
سوىother than ريقsaliva ذاتthe woman with الخالthe mole أمor لستyou are not تعرفyou know
سوى ريق ذات الخال أم لست تعرف
Is there, then, any admixture that has increased a drinker’s intoxication
Is there any mixture that increases the intoxication of a drinker,
save the saliva of the woman with the mole—or do you not know?
Other than the saliva of the one with the beauty mark? Or do you not know?
Sol 6.1