وساقٍand a cupbearer صبيحٍhandsome للصَبوحfor the morning draught دعوتُهُI summoned him
وساقٍ صبيحٍ للصَبوح دعوتُهُ
فقامso he rose وفيand in أجفانِهِhis eyelids سِنةُdrowsiness الغَمضِsleep
فقام وفي أجفانِهِ سِنةُ الغَمضِ
And a handsome cupbearer I summoned for the morning draught;
I called upon the morning breeze at dawn
So he rose, sleep's drowsiness still upon his eyelids.
He rose with sleep still in his eyelids
يطوفُhe circulates بكاساتٍwith goblets عليناamong us كأنجُمٍlike stars
يطوفُ بكاساتٍ علينا كأنجُمٍ
فمنso from بينamong مُنقضّone shooting downward ومنand from غيرother than منقضِّone shooting downward
فمن بين مُنقضّ ومن غير منقضِّ
He circles among us with goblets like stars,
Circling us with cups like stars
Some shooting downward, and others not.
Some scattered, some still clustered
وقدand already نشرتْspread out أيديthe hands الجنوبof the south wind مطارفاًmantles
وقد نشرتْ أيدي الجنوب مطارفاً
علىacross الجوِّthe sky دُكناًdark-hued وهيwhile they are خضرٌgreen علىupon الأرضِthe earth
على الجوِّ دُكناً وهي خضرٌ على الأرضِ
And the south wind's hands had spread out mantles,
The hands of the south winds spread out parasols
Dark across the sky, yet green upon the earth.
Shading the air, while green upon the ground
يطرِّزُهاembroiders them قوسُthe bow السماءِof the sky بحمرةٍwith red
يطرِّزُها قوسُ السماءِ بحمرةٍ
علىover أخضرٍgreen فيwithin أصفرٍyellow وسطamid مُبيضِّwhite
على أخضرٍ في أصفرٍ وسط مُبيضِّ
The sky's bow embroiders them with red,
The rainbow colors them with red
Over green, within yellow, amid white.
On green amidst yellow in brilliant white
كأذيالlike the hems خَودٍof a fair maiden أقبلتْshe approached فيin غلائلٍsheer robes
كأذيال خَودٍ أقبلتْ في غلائلٍ
مُصبَّغةٍdyed والبعضُand some أقصرُshorter منthan بعضِothers
مُصبَّغةٍ والبعضُ أقصرُ من بعضِ
Like the hems of a fair maiden approaching in sheer robes,
Like cheeks' braids came in tresses
Dyed in colors, some shorter than others.
Dyed, some shorter than the others
للسُّودbelonging to dark nights فيin السودِblack tresses آثارٌtraces تركنthey left بهاin them
للسُّود في السودِ آثارٌ تركن بها
لمعاًgleams منof البيضwhite hairs تَثنيturn away أعينَthe eyes البيضِof fair women
لمعاً من البيض تَثني أعينَ البيضِ
Dark nights have left their traces in black tresses:
Amidst the black some traces left by the dark
Gleams of white hair that turn fair women's eyes away.
A flash of white bewilders the eyes of white
Sol 6.1