أَلاAh! فَاسقِنيso give me a drink مِسكِيَّةَmusk-scented العَرفِthe fragrance مُزَّةًtart
أَلا فَاسقِني مِسكِيَّةَ العَرفِ مُزَّةً
عَلىamid نَرجِسٍnarcissi تُعطيكَgives you أَنفاسَهُits breaths الخَمرُthe wine
عَلى نَرجِسٍ تُعطيكَ أَنفاسَهُ الخَمرُ
Ah, pour me tart, musk-scented wine,
Oh give me wine perfumed sweetly at dawn,
Come, pour me a musk-scented vintage, sharp and tart,
amid narcissi whose breath the wine imparts to you.
Poured on narcissus whose breath grants it more intoxication,
Beside narcissus blooms that lend the wine their breath.
عُيونٌeyes إِذاwhen عايَنتَهاyou behold them فَكَأَنَّماthen it is as though
عُيونٌ إِذا عايَنتَها فَكَأَنَّما
دُموعُtears النَدىthe dew مِنfrom فَوقِabove أَجفانِهاtheir eyelids دُرُّpearls
دُموعُ النَدى مِن فَوقِ أَجفانِها دُرُّ
Eyes—when you behold them, it is as though
Eyes that when you look at them are as though
Eyes—which, when you gaze upon them, seem as if
the dew's tears upon their eyelids were pearls.
Tears of dew from above their lids were pearls,
The tears of dew upon their lids are pearls.
مَناصِبُهاtheir bases بيضٌwhite وَأَجفانُهاand their eyelids خُضرُgreen
مَناصِبُها بيضٌ وَأَجفانُها خُضرُ
وَأَحداقُهاand their pupils صُفرٌyellow وَأَنفاسُهاand their breaths عِطرُperfume
وَأَحداقُها صُفرٌ وَأَنفاسُها عِطرُ
Their bases are white, and their eyelids green;
Their whites are white and their lashes green,
Their whites are pure, and verdant green their lids,
their pupils are yellow, and their breath is perfume.
Their pupils yellow, their breath fragrant and clean,
Their pupils gold, and all their breath is scent.
بِرَوضَةِin the meadow of بُستانٍa garden كَأَنَّas though نَباتَهاits plants
بِرَوضَةِ بُستانٍ كَأَنَّ نَباتَها
تَقَنَّعَveiled itself وَشياًbrocade حينَwhen باكَرَهاvisited it early القَطرُthe rain
تَقَنَّعَ وَشياً حينَ باكَرَها القَطرُ
In a garden meadow, as though its plants
In a garden it's as if its plants
Within a garden meadow where the flora seems
had veiled themselves in brocade when rain visited it early.
Were clothed in splendor when the rain first wet,
Veiled in brocade when visited by morning rain.
يُديرُhe passes around عَلَيناamong us الشَمسَthe sun وَالبَدرُand the full moon حَولَهاaround it
يُديرُ عَلَينا الشَمسَ وَالبَدرُ حَولَها
فَياso, ah! مَنwho رَأىhas seen شَمساًa sun يَدورُrevolves بِهاaround it بَدرُa full moon
فَيا مَن رَأى شَمساً يَدورُ بِها بَدرُ
He passes the sun among us, while the full moon circles it.
The sun and moon alternate around it,
He circles the sun among us, with the moon close by—
Ah, who has seen a sun around which a full moon revolves?
So one who's seen a sun spun round by a moon's yet.
O who has ever seen a sun borne round by a moon?
Sol 6.1