عليَّbring to me بهاwith it مدخّنةًincense-perfumed بندُwith nadd incense
عليَّ بها مدخّنةً بندُ
عليَّbring to me بهاwith it مُفَدَّمةًcovered at the mouth بقَزِّwith silk
عليَّ بها مُفَدَّمةً بقَزِّ
Bring it to me, perfumed with nadd incense;
Bring it to me smoky with coals
Bring it to me, covered with silk.
Bring it to me stained with saffron
إذاwhen ماever (emphatic) قَهْقهَlaughed aloud الابريقُthe ewer عنَهْاout with it
إذا ما قَهْقهَ الابريقُ عنَهْا
ليكسوْto clothe الكأسَthe cup منهاwith some of it أحسنَthe finest الزِّيْattire
ليكسوْ الكأسَ منها أحسنَ الزِّيْ
When the ewer laughs aloud as it pours it out,
When the pot bubbles over it
To clothe the cup with it in the finest attire,
To dress the cup in its finest array
تحيّرَwas bewildered ناظريmy gaze فيat عينِan eye ديكٍof a rooster
تحيّرَ ناظري في عينِ ديكٍ
جَرَتْflowed منfrom مثلِsomething like مِنقارِthe beak الإوزّof a goose
جَرَتْ من مثلِ مِنقارِ الإوزّ
My gaze is bewildered by a rooster's eye
My eyes were dazzled by the eye of a rooster
That flows from something like a goose's beak.
That flowed from the like of a goose's beak
أَدِرْهاpass it round ياO أعزَّdearest الناسِof people عِنديto me
أَدِرْها يا أعزَّ الناسِ عِندي
علىin تذكارِremembrance سيِّدناour lord الأعَزِّthe most honored
على تذكارِ سيِّدنا الأعَزِّ
Pass it round, O dearest of people to me,
Pass it around, O most beloved of people,
In remembrance of our most honored lord.
In memory of our most precious master
Sol 6.1