وَكَلامٍand speech كَأَنَّماas though فُتِقَwas unsealed المِسmusk (continued on the next line)
وَكَلامٍ كَأَنَّما فُتِقَ المِس
كfinal letter of “musk” بِهِby it أَوor تَنَفَّسَbreathed الرَيحانُsweet basil
ك بِهِ أَو تَنَفَّسَ الرَيحانُ
And speech, as though musk were unsealed
Words as if the musk sack had been slit with a knife,
by it, or sweet basil breathed forth its fragrance;
wafting from it the smell or the meadowsweet breathed.
وَهوَand it كَالخَمرِlike wine رِقَّةًin delicacy وَصَفاءًand clarity
وَهوَ كَالخَمرِ رِقَّةً وَصَفاءً
وَكَماand just as اِلتَذَّtook delight in عَيشَهُhis life النَشوانُthe tipsy man
وَكَما اِلتَذَّ عَيشَهُ النَشوانُ
And it is like wine in delicacy and clarity,
Words like wine, exquisite and clear,
and like the pleasure a tipsy man took in his life.
sipped by lovers finding life more sweet.
Sol 6.1