وَكُمَيتand a dark-red wine أَرَّقهاkept it sleepless وَهَجُfierce heat الشَمْthe sun (first part)
وَكُمَيت أَرَّقها وَهَجُ الشَمْ
سِcompletion of 'the sun' وَصيفٌand a summer يَغليseethes بِهاwith it وشِتاءُand a winter
سِ وَصيفٌ يَغلي بِها وشِتاءُ
And a dark-red wine, kept sleepless by the sun's fierce heat,
Her fervor kindled by dawn’s rising glow
and a summer that makes it seethe, and a winter.
With summer's heat boiling, winter's snow
طَبختهاcooked it الشَعرىSirius العبورthe Crossing One وَحثَّتand urged on
طَبختها الشَعرى العبور وَحثَّت
نارُهاits fire بِالكواكبِwith the stars الجَوزاءُal-Jawzāʾ
نارُها بِالكواكبِ الجَوزاءُ
Sirius, the Crossing One, cooked it; and stoking
The Pleiades cooked, lighting stars hastened
its fire with the stars was al-Jawzāʾ.
Its fire, like loosened does in free flow
محضتهاpurified it كواكِبstars القيظِsummer's heat حَتىuntil
محضتها كواكِب القيظِ حَتى
أَقلَعَتcleared away عَنfrom سَمائِهاits sky الأَقذاءُthe impurities
أَقلَعَت عَن سَمائِها الأَقذاءُ
The stars of summer's heat purified it until
Distilled by the scorching Dog Star's blaze
the impurities cleared from its sky.
Till from the heavens the rain clouds did grow
هيَit كالسُرجِlike lamps فيin الزُجاجِthe glass إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle
هيَ كالسُرجِ في الزُجاجِ إِذا ما
صَبَّهاpoured it فيinto الزُجاجةِthe glass vessel الوُصَفاءُthe young servants
صَبَّها في الزُجاجةِ الوُصَفاءُ
It is like lamps in glass whenever
Like lanterns in glass that a clear pitcher
the young servants pour it into the glass vessel.
Poured out, its hand-painted patterns show
وَدمand the blood الشَادنthe young gazelle الذَبيحslaughtered وَماand what يَحmilks (first part)
وَدم الشَادن الذَبيح وَما يَح
تلبُcompletion of 'milks' السَاقيانِthe two cupbearers مِنهاfrom it سواءُalike
تلبُ السَاقيانِ مِنها سواءُ
And the blood of a slaughtered young gazelle and what
Blood of a slain camel, drank without care
the two cupbearers milk from it are alike.
By two equals, no matter the woe
قَدindeed سَقَتنيshe gave me drink والليلُand the night قَدhad فَتَقsplit open الصُبthe dawn (first part)
قَد سَقَتني والليلُ قَد فَتَق الصُب
حcompletion of 'the dawn' بِكأَسينِwith two cups ظَبيةa gazelle حَوراءُdark-eyed, with bright whites
ح بِكأَسينِ ظَبية حَوراءُ
She gave me drink, as night had split open into dawn,
She gave me to drink, as night's dark tent ripped
with two cups—a gazelle with large, dark eyes—
With two cups of a doe-eyed gazelle in tow
عَنfrom بَنانِfingers كأَنَّهاas though they were قُضُبُrods الفِضthe silver (first part)
عَن بَنانِ كأَنَّها قُضُبُ الفِض
ضَةِcompletion of 'the silver' حنّىdyed with henna أَطرافهاtheir tips الحِنّاءُhenna
ضَةِ حنّى أَطرافها الحِنّاءُ
from fingers as though they were rods of silver,
Teeth like rods of silver that Henna
whose tips henna had stained.
Had tinted, their tips in sunset's low
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