ورب سوس من الاترج

ورب سوس من الاترج

متقد اللون اتقاد السرج

متقد اللون اتقاد السرج

And many a citron confection,

And the lord of juices from the squeezed

Its color ablaze like burning lamps,

Red in color, burning like a lamp

يعوم من انائه في مزج

يعوم من انائه في مزج

مجت عليه النحل أي مج

مجت عليه النحل أي مج

Floats in a mixture within its vessel,

Floating from his vessel in blending

On which the bees had spat—how lavishly!

The bees swarmed over it, what a swarm

فقام من رضابها في لج

فقام من رضابها في لج

بظاهر كقطع الخلنج

بظاهر كقطع الخلنج

So it stood in a sea of their spittle,

So it rose from their beating in the depths

With a surface like pieces of khilanj wood,

Appearing like pieces of sweetmeat

أو العقار اعتللت بالمزج

أو العقار اعتللت بالمزج

غصت به فوهاء مثل البذج

غصت به فوهاء مثل البذج

Or wine sickened by dilution.

Or medicine that was mixed with blending

A wide-mouthed vessel, lamb-like, was choked full of it,

Its foam was choked like crushed dates

سليمة من كلف وسحج

سليمة من كلف وسحج

نقية كالعاج أو كالثلج

نقية كالعاج أو كالثلج

Free of blemishes and abrasions,

Pure from any husks and chaff

Pure as ivory or as snow,

As pure as ivory or snow

قد خرطت على قوي النسج

قد خرطت على قوي النسج

حرم تنوب الخيل بالبرطنج

حرم تنوب الخيل بالبرطنج

Lathe-turned from a creature of sturdy build,

It was filtered through strong fabric

That barred horses from ranging through al-Bartanj.

Forbidden, horses are replaced with oranges

أفضل ما أبغي وما أرجي

أفضل ما أبغي وما أرجي

وما أعد للطعام الفج

وما أعد للطعام الفج

The best of what I seek and hope for,

Better than what I want and hope for

And what I keep for undercooked food,

And what I prepare for the slowly cooked meal

وكل مأكول بطئ النضج

وكل مأكول بطئ النضج

وتخم تغصني وتشجي

وتخم تغصني وتشجي

And every morsel slow to digest,

And any food that takes time to ripen

And indigestions that choke and torment me.

Fattens and satisfies me

بهر لها كالسائق المزجي

بهر لها كالسائق المزجي

يوسع ما ضاق لنا من نهج

يوسع ما ضاق لنا من نهج

It overpowers them like a driver urging onward,

Dazzled by it like the blender

Widening every passage that has narrowed for us,

Expanding what was narrowed for us from the path

يبرئ من كل أذى وينجي

يبرئ من كل أذى وينجي

ويجعل الافواه ذات أرج

ويجعل الافواه ذات أرج

Healing every hurt and bringing deliverance,

Healing from any harm and saving

And making mouths fragrant.

And making mouths watering

عزاه شاريه الى الأشج

عزاه شاريه الى الأشج

وخطه عليه بالتهجي

وخطه عليه بالتهجي

Its buyer ascribed it to al-Ashajj,

Its buyer attributed it to the boxthorns

And wrote his name upon it, letter by letter.

And marked it for him with scent

جاء به الحجيج بعد الحج

جاء به الحجيج بعد الحج

يفرون كل سبسب وفج

يفرون كل سبسب وفج

The pilgrims brought it after the pilgrimage,

Brought by the pilgrims after the pilgrimage

Cutting across every level wasteland and mountain pass,

They get rid of all dry parts and pits

حتى أتوا منه بما نرجي

حتى أتوا منه بما نرجي

فنلت مأمولي به وفلجي

فنلت مأمولي به وفلجي

Until they brought what we hoped for of it;

Until they brought from it what we hope for

So through it I gained my wish and my triumph.

So I got my hopes and unclenched