كأنَّهas though it were والكأسand the cup فيin كفِّهhis palm
كأنَّه والكأس في كفِّه
متصلاًjoined بالأنملto the fingertips الخَمسِthe five
متصلاً بالأنمل الخَمسِ
As though it—with the cup in his palm,
As if he with the cup in his hand
joined to the five fingertips—
Connected to the five fingers
ياقوتةa ruby حمراءred قدalready صُيِّرتwas fashioned
ياقوتة حمراء قد صُيِّرت
واسطةًa centerpiece للبدرfor the full moon والشمسِand the sun
واسطةً للبدر والشمسِ
were a red ruby that had been fashioned
Was a red ruby made
as a centerpiece between the full moon and the sun.
A medium for the moon and sun
Sol 6.1