وشربand a company of drinkers هوىlove دارتwent round عليهمamong them كؤوسهits cups
وشرب هوى دارت عليهم كؤوسه
حثاثاًswiftly فكلso each one طائرfluttering القلبof heart هائمهwith his heart lost in love
حثاثاً فكل طائر القلب هائمه
And love's drinkers—its cups went round among them,
in swift succession, each with a fluttering, lovesick heart.
فلماthen, when انتشواgrew intoxicated علواwere given another draught بكأسwith a cup تفرقٍof parting
فلما انتشوا علوا بكأس تفرقٍ
فتغصso make choke حلوthe sweetness الشهدof honey منهfrom it علاقمهits bitter colocynths
فتغص حلو الشهد منه علاقمه
Then, when they grew drunk, they were given a further cup of parting;
its bitter colocynths make sweet honey catch in the throat.
رمىshot at رشأa young gazelle منfrom وحشthe wild creatures of وجرةWajra مقتليmy vital spot
رمى رشأ من وحش وجرة مقتلي
وكنتand I had been علىthrough مرthe passage of اللياليthe nights أسالمهkeeping peace with him
وكنت على مر الليالي أسالمه
A young gazelle from among Wajra's wild creatures shot at my vital spot,
and through the passing nights I had kept peace with him.
فلمand he did not يخطmiss سوداءthe dark core of الفؤادthe heart بسهمهwith his arrow
فلم يخط سوداء الفؤاد بسهمه
فيالكso, what a ... you are! منof (exclamatory) جرحٍwound تعزis hard to find مرfirst fragment of 'its balm' همهremaining fragment of 'its balm'
فيالك من جرحٍ تعز مر همه
And he did not miss my heart's dark core with his arrow.
Oh, what a wound, whose balm is hard to find!
Sol 6.1