لَمَّاwhen رأيناwe saw خُمارَhangover الكأسِof the cup يَعْلَقُنَاtakes hold of us
لَمَّا رأينا خُمارَ الكأسِ يَعْلَقُنَا
عُجْناwe turned aside إلىto بيتِa house عاجٍivory أرضُهits floor سَبَجُjet (black stone)
عُجْنا إلى بيتِ عاجٍ أرضُه سَبَجُ
When we felt the cup’s hangover taking hold of us,
We turned aside to a house of ivory, its floor of jet.
بيتٌa house لهit has داخلٌan interior حَلَّsettled النَّعيمُbliss بهin it
بيتٌ له داخلٌ حَلَّ النَّعيمُ به
وخارجٌand an exterior فيهin it للقلبِfor the heart الشَّجيّsorrowful فَرَجُrelief
وخارجٌ فيه للقلبِ الشَّجيّ فَرَجُ
A house with an interior where bliss has settled,
And an exterior where the sorrowful heart finds relief.
ذوhaving قُبَّةٍa dome كسماءٍlike the sky والبُدورُand the full moons بهاin it
ذو قُبَّةٍ كسماءٍ والبُدورُ بها
جاماتُهاits glass roundels فيon ذُرىًheights فيin الجوِّthe air يَنشَرجُopens out
جاماتُها في ذُرىً في الجوِّ يَنشَرجُ
It has a dome like the sky; the full moons within it
Are its glass roundels; high in the air it opens out.
حَرٌّheat وبَردٌand cold سواءٌequal والهواءُand the air بهin it
حَرٌّ وبَردٌ سواءٌ والهواءُ به
مُعَدِّلٌّapportioning evenly قِسمةًan apportionment ماnot شانَهاmarred it عَوَجُimbalance
مُعَدِّلٌّ قِسمةً ما شانَها عَوَجُ
Heat and cold are equal, and the air within
Is even in its apportionment, unmarred by imbalance.
Sol 6.1