إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle شَرِبتُI drank الراحَthe wine ياO صاحِfriend فاتَنيit eluded me
إِذا ما شَرِبتُ الراحَ يا صاحِ فاتَني
لأَرشِفَso that I may sip مِنfrom ذاكَthat الرُضابِthe sweet saliva بَقاياهاits remnants
لأَرشِفَ مِن ذاكَ الرُضابِ بَقاياها
Whenever I drink the wine, O friend, it eludes me;
When I drink wine, O friend, I miss the chance
I shall surely sip from that sweet saliva the traces it left.
to sip its remnants from that sweet saliva.
فَإِنso if فاتَنيit eluded me رَشفُsipping المُدامِthe wine فَإِنَّنيthen indeed I
فَإِن فاتَني رَشفُ المُدامِ فَإِنَّني
سأقنَعُI shall be content مِنهاfrom it بِانتِشاقِيَwith my inhaling رَيّاهاits fragrance
سأقنَعُ مِنها بِانتِشاقِيَ رَيّاها
And if sipping the wine eludes me, then I
So if sipping the wine eludes me, then I
shall be content to breathe in its fragrance.
shall be content to inhale its fragrance.
Sol 6.1