قُمْrise هاتِهاbring her عَذْراءَa virgin; untouched تُصare dyed (word begins)
قُمْ هاتِها عَذْراءَ تُص
بَغُare dyed (word ends) منby تَوَرُّدِهاher rosy hue الكُؤوسُthe goblets
بَغُ من تَوَرُّدِها الكُؤوسُ
Rise, bring her, a virgin—
Arise, give me, virgin, who adorns
the goblets are dyed by her rosy hue.
Her goblets are dyed from her blushing
ذُخْرُtreasure المَجوسِthe Magi فرَبعُthus the abode وَحtheir solitude (word begins)
ذُخْرُ المَجوسِ فرَبعُ وَح
شتِهِمْtheir solitude (word ends) بِهاbecause of her أبَداًforever مَجوسُfrequented; traversed
شتِهِمْ بِها أبَداً مَجوسُ
The Magi’s treasure; thus the abode of their
The Magi's treasure - a quarter and an eighth -
solitude is forever frequented because of her.
The Magi covet her forever
مثلlike الحَريقِthe fire تَوَقُّداًin blazing
مثل الحَريقِ تَوَقُّداً
لكِنَّهاbut she الماءُthe water المَسوسُmildly brackish
لكِنَّها الماءُ المَسوسُ
Like fire in her blazing glow,
Like fire, burning
yet she is mildly brackish water.
But she is the sipped water
عَذراءُa virgin يَضحَكُlaughs منfrom تَبَسُّher smile (word begins)
عَذراءُ يَضحَكُ من تَبَسُّ
مِهاher smile (word ends) دُجىdarkness اللَّيلِthe night العَبوسُscowling
مِها دُجى اللَّيلِ العَبوسُ
A virgin, whose smile makes
Virgin, who laughs at the frown
the scowling darkness of night laugh.
Of the gloomy night's darkness
ودَعِand leave الأُلىthose who قالُواthey said بأَto the effect that (word begins)
ودَعِ الأُلى قالُوا بأَ
نَّto the effect that (word ends) سعُودَgood fortunes أكْؤُسِهاher goblets نُحوسُill fortunes
نَّ سعُودَ أكْؤُسِها نُحوسُ
And leave those who said
Leave the twisted ones, they said that
that her goblets’ good fortunes are ill fortunes.
Saud's goblets are unlucky
لوif لَمnot تكُنْshe were تِرْبَa peer; companion النُّفوthe souls (word begins)
لو لَم تكُنْ تِرْبَ النُّفو
سthe souls (word ends) لَماwould not أحبَّتْهاloved her النُّفوسُthe souls
س لَما أحبَّتْها النُّفوسُ
Were she not the companion of
If she were not the soil of souls
souls, souls would not have loved her.
Souls would not have loved her
وكَذاكَand so تُمْهَرُis given a dowry بالعُقوwith minds (word begins)
وكَذاكَ تُمْهَرُ بالعُقو
لِwith minds (word ends) لأنَّهاbecause she نِعْمَexcellent is العَروسُthe bride
لِ لأنَّها نِعْمَ العَروسُ
And so she is dowered with
And so she is endowed with intellect
minds, for she is an excellent bride.
For she is the finest of brides
Sol 6.1