لاno راحَwine ماso long as لمhas not يَصْفُهاclarified it الرّاووقُthe wine-strainer
لا راحَ ما لم يَصْفُها الرّاووقُ
رَحْبُbroad الذَّرىthe tops ينحَطُّdescends فيهwithin it الضِّيقُnarrowness
رَحْبُ الذَّرى ينحَطُّ فيه الضِّيقُ
Wine is no wine unless the strainer has clarified it.
No rest but what the storyteller extols
Broad at the top, it tapers downward.
Spacious earth where confinement dissolves
سَماءُa sky لاذٍsilk قَطرُهاits rain رَحيقُpure wine
سَماءُ لاذٍ قَطرُها رَحيقُ
تألَّفَتْgathered together منfrom مُزنِهِits rainclouds البُروقُthe lightning flashes
تألَّفَتْ من مُزنِهِ البُروقُ
A sky of silk whose rain is pure wine.
A sheltering sky whose drops are pure honey
From its rainclouds the lightning flashes gathered.
Assembled from its treasures lightning bolts
يَسقيكَgives you drink منfrom سَحابِهits cloud الإبريقُthe ewer
يَسقيكَ من سَحابِه الإبريقُ
ماءَwater عَقيقٍagate لوif جرىflowed العَقيقُthe agate
ماءَ عَقيقٍ لو جرى العَقيقُ
The ewer gives you drink from its cloud:
To water you from its clouds the ewer
Water of agate, if agate could flow.
Of gemstone water, if it flowed as gems
راحٌwine تولَّىundertook سبكَهاits casting التَّعتيقُaging
راحٌ تولَّى سبكَها التَّعتيقُ
عَتَّقَهاfreed it منfrom عُمْرٍa monastery الزَّرنوقُthe well-hoist
عَتَّقَها من عُمْرٍ الزَّرنوقُ
Wine that aging itself undertook to cast;
A rest commissioned, wrought by aged care
The well-hoist freed it from a monastery.
Freed from a lifetime by the skillful smith
حتَّىuntil إذاwhen ألهَبهاset it aflame التَّصفيقُmixing the wine
حتَّى إذا ألهَبها التَّصفيقُ
صِحْناwe cried out إلىto جيرانِناour neighbors الحَريقُthe fire
صِحْنا إلى جيرانِنا الحَريقُ
Until, when mixing set it aflame,
Till when the clapping made it glow
We cried to our neighbors, “Fire!”
Our neighbors shouted, Fire! Fire!
Sol 6.1