أعدَدْتَyou prepared للَّيلِfor the night إذاwhen اللَّيلُthe night غَسَقْgrew dark
أعدَدْتَ للَّيلِ إذا اللَّيلُ غَسَقْ
وقَيَّدَand bound الألحاظَthe gazes منfrom دونِshort of الطُّرُقْthe paths
وقَيَّدَ الألحاظَ من دونِ الطُّرُقْ
You prepared for the night, when night grew dark
You prepared for night when night grew dark
and held gazes back from the paths,
And chained the glances away from the roads
أغصانَbranches تِبْرٍgold عُرِّيَتْwere stripped عنof الوَرَقْthe leaves
أغصانَ تِبْرٍ عُرِّيَتْ عن الوَرَقْ
ثِمارُهاtheir fruits مثلُlike مَصابيحِlamps الأُفُقْthe horizon
ثِمارُها مثلُ مَصابيحِ الأُفُقْ
branches of gold, stripped of leaves.
Branches of myrrh laid bare of leaves
Their fruits are like the horizon's lamps.
Their fruit like lanterns of the horizon
يُغْنيspares النَّدامىthe drinking companions ضَوؤُهاtheir light عنfrom الفَلَقْdaybreak
يُغْني النَّدامى ضَوؤُها عن الفَلَقْ
شِفاؤُّهاtheir cure إنif مَرِضَتْthey fall ill ضرْبُstriking العُنُقthe neck
شِفاؤُّها إن مَرِضَتْ ضرْبُ العُنُق
Their light spares the drinking companions the need for daybreak.
Their radiance suffices the repentant instead of daybreak
Their cure, if they fall ill, is beheading.
Their cure if sickness comes is a stroke of the lance
Sol 6.1