كَمhow much سُرورٍjoy زُرِعتُI sowed بَينَamong النَدامىthe drinking companions
كَم سُرورٍ زُرِعتُ بَينَ النَدامى
وَهُمومٌand cares طَرَدتُI banished بَينَamong الكُؤوسِthe cups
وَهُمومٌ طَرَدتُ بَينَ الكُؤوسِ
How much joy have I sown among boon companions,
How much joy I have sown among the drinking companions,
and how many cares have I chased away amid the cups!
And how many cares I have banished among the cups!
وَتَلوحُand gleam النُجومُthe stars فيin ظُلمَةِthe darkness of اللَيthe night (first part)
وَتَلوحُ النُجومُ في ظُلمَةِ اللَي
لِcompletes 'the night' كَعاجٍlike ivory يَلوحُgleaming فيin آبُنوسِebony
لِ كَعاجٍ يَلوحُ في آبُنوسِ
And the stars gleam in the darkness of the ni—
And the stars gleam in the darkness of the night,
—ght, like ivory gleaming in ebony.
Like ivory gleaming in ebony.
Sol 6.1