سِكباجَةٌa vinegar-based meat stew طَيِّبَةٌpleasant نَشرُهاits fragrance
سِكباجَةٌ طَيِّبَةٌ نَشرُها
كَأَنَّهاas though it were عودٌagarwood عَلىon مِجمَرِa brazier
كَأَنَّها عودٌ عَلى مِجمَرِ
A vinegar stew, sweet in fragrance,
A fragrant stew whose aroma spreads
As though it were agarwood on a brazier.
As if it were incense burning on embers
ياoh حُسنَهاits beauty فيin القِدرِthe pot إِذwhen أَقبَلَتit came forth
يا حُسنَها في القِدرِ إِذ أَقبَلَت
وَهيَand it تُحاكيresembles سَفَطَa casket الجَوهَرِthe jewels
وَهيَ تُحاكي سَفَطَ الجَوهَرِ
How lovely it is in the pot as it comes forth,
Oh, its beauty in the pot when it approached
Resembling a casket of jewels.
Mimicking the hue of pure amber
وَيَستَنيرُand gleams الشَحمُthe fat فيin لَحمِهاits meat
وَيَستَنيرُ الشَحمُ في لَحمِها
كَغُرَّةٍlike a white blaze فيon فَرَسٍa horse أَشقَرِchestnut
كَغُرَّةٍ في فَرَسٍ أَشقَرِ
And the fat gleams amid its meat,
The fat glistening in its meat
Like a white blaze on a chestnut horse.
Like a spot on a blonde steed
ياoh حُسنَthe beauty باذِنجانِهاits eggplant إِذwhen بَداit appeared
يا حُسنَ باذِنجانِها إِذ بَدا
أَسمَرَbrown وَسطَamid المَرَقِthe broth الأَحمَرِred
أَسمَرَ وَسطَ المَرَقِ الأَحمَرِ
How lovely its eggplant when it appears,
Oh, the beauty of its eggplants when they appeared
Brown amid the red broth,
Dark amidst the red stew
كَأَنَّهُas though it were ماءٌwater خَلوقٍsaffron-based perfume جَرىflowed
كَأَنَّهُ ماءٌ خَلوقٍ جَرى
وَجالَand swirled فيهِin it قِطَعُpieces العَنبَرِambergris
وَجالَ فيهِ قِطَعُ العَنبَرِ
As though it were saffron-perfume water flowing,
As if it were cooled boiled water
With pieces of ambergris swirling within it.
In which floats pieces of ambergris
Sol 6.1