كَمكَم: how many مِنَّةٍمِنَّةٍ: favor لِلظَلامِلِلظَلامِ: belonging to darkness فيفي: upon عُنُقيعُنُقي: my neck
كَم مِنَّةٍ لِلظَلامِ في عُنُقي
بِجَمعِبِجَمعِ: through bringing together شَملٍشَملٍ: scattered company وَضَمٍّوَضَمٍّ: and an embrace مُعتَنِقِمُعتَنِقِ: one who embraces
بِجَمعِ شَملٍ وَضَمٍّ مُعتَنِقِ
How many favors of darkness rest upon my neck,
Through reunion and the clasp of an embracing companion!
وَكَموَكَم: and how many صَباحٍصَباحٍ: mornings لِلرّاحِلِلرّاحِ: to wine أَسلَمَنيأَسلَمَني: delivered me
وَكَم صَباحٍ لِلرّاحِ أَسلَمَني
مِنمِن: from فَلَقٍفَلَقٍ: dawn ساطِعٍساطِعٍ: radiant إِلىإِلى: to فَلَقِفَلَقِ: dawn
مِن فَلَقٍ ساطِعٍ إِلى فَلَقِ
And how many mornings have delivered me to wine,
From one radiant dawn to another!
فَعاطِنيهافَعاطِنيها: so pass it to me بِكراًبِكراً: virgin; freshly tapped مُشَعشَعَةًمُشَعشَعَةً: sparkling, diluted with water
فَعاطِنيها بِكراً مُشَعشَعَةً
كَأَنَّهاكَأَنَّها: as though it were فيفي: in صِفاتِهاصِفاتِها: its qualities خُلُقيخُلُقي: my character
كَأَنَّها في صِفاتِها خُلُقي
So pass it to me, virgin and brightened with water,
As though, in its qualities, it were my own character.
فيفي: in أَزرَقٍأَزرَقٍ: a blue vessel كَالهَواءِكَالهَواءِ: like the air يَخرُقُهُيَخرُقُهُ: pierces it اللَحاللَح: the gaze (first part)
في أَزرَقٍ كَالهَواءِ يَخرُقُهُ اللَح
ظُظُ: gaze (completion) وَإِنوَإِن: and even though كانَكانَ: it is غَيرَغَيرَ: not مُنخَرِقَمُنخَرِقَ: pierced
ظُ وَإِن كانَ غَيرَ مُنخَرِقَ
In a blue cup like air, which the gaze pierces—
Even though it remains unpierced.
كَأَنَّكَأَنَّ: as though أَجزاءَهُأَجزاءَهُ: its parts مُرَكَّبَةٌمُرَكَّبَةٌ: composed; assembled
كَأَنَّ أَجزاءَهُ مُرَكَّبَةٌ
حُسناًحُسناً: in beauty وَلُطفاًوَلُطفاً: and delicacy مِنمِن: from زُرقَةِزُرقَةِ: the blueness of الحَدَقِالحَدَقِ: the eyes' pupils
حُسناً وَلُطفاً مِن زُرقَةِ الحَدَقِ
As though its parts had been fashioned,
In beauty and delicacy, from the blue of eyes.
ماما: not زِلتُزِلتُ: I ceased مِنهُمِنهُ: from it مُنادِماًمُنادِماً: keeping drinking company with لُعَباًلُعَباً: figurines; playthings
ما زِلتُ مِنهُ مُنادِماً لُعَباً
مُذمُذ: since أَشكَرَتهاأَشكَرَتها: apparently 'intoxicated them' (likely أَسكَرَتها) المَدامُالمَدامُ: the wine لَملَم: have not تُفِقِتُفِقِ: regained consciousness; sobered up
مُذ أَشكَرَتها المَدامُ لَم تُفِقِ
I have never ceased drinking from it with figurines for companions;
Since wine intoxicated them, they have not sobered.
تَختالُتَختالُ: they sway proudly قَبلَقَبلَ: before المِزاجِالمِزاجِ: dilution فيفي: in أَزرَقِأَزرَقِ: the blue of الال: the (attached to 'dawn')
تَختالُ قَبلَ المِزاجِ في أَزرَقِ ال
فَجرِفَجرِ: dawn وَبَعدَوَبَعدَ: and after المَزاجِالمَزاجِ: dilution فيفي: in شَفَقِشَفَقِ: twilight's red glow
فَجرِ وَبَعدَ المَزاجِ في شَفَقِ
They sway proudly before dilution in the blue of
Dawn, and after dilution in twilight's red glow.
أَدهَشَهاأَدهَشَها: bewildered them سُكرُناسُكرُنا: our drunkenness فَإِنفَإِن: so if يَكُنيَكُن: is الصَمالصَم: the silence (first part)
أَدهَشَها سُكرُنا فَإِن يَكُن الصَم
تُتُ: silence (completion) حَديثاًحَديثاً: speech فَذاكَفَذاكَ: then that عَنعَن: from; because of فَرَقِفَرَقِ: fear
تُ حَديثاً فَذاكَ عَن فَرَقِ
Our drunkenness has bewildered them; if silence
Is their speech, then that comes from fear.
تَغرَقُتَغرَقُ: they drown فيفي: in أَبحُرِأَبحُرِ: seas of المَدامِالمَدامِ: wine فَيَسفَيَس: and so ... rescues (first part)
تَغرَقُ في أَبحُرِ المَدامِ فَيَس
تَنقِذُهاتَنقِذُها: rescues them (completion of the split verb) شُربُناشُربُنا: our drinking مِنَمِنَ: from الغَرَقِالغَرَقِ: drowning
تَنقِذُها شُربُنا مِنَ الغَرَقِ
They drown in seas of wine, and so
Our drinking rescues them from drowning.
وَنَحنُوَنَحنُ: and we بِاللَهوبِاللَهو: amid revelry بَينبَين: among مُصطَبِحٍمُصطَبِحٍ: a morning drinker
وَنَحنُ بِاللَهو بَين مُصطَبِحٍ
يَمرَحُيَمرَحُ: frolics أَمناًأَمناً: in safety وَبَينَوَبَينَ: and among مُغتَبِقِمُغتَبِقِ: an evening drinker
يَمرَحُ أَمناً وَبَينَ مُغتَبِقِ
And in our revelry, some of us drink in the morning,
Frolicking in safety, and some in the evening.
فَلَوفَلَو: so if تَرىتَرى: you could see راحَتيراحَتي: my palm وَصَبغَتِهاوَصَبغَتِها: and its staining
فَلَو تَرى راحَتي وَصَبغَتِها
مِنمِن: from لَونِهالَونِها: its color فيفي: in مَعصَفِرٍمَعصَفِرٍ: safflower-dyed شَرِقِشَرِقِ: radiant; saturated with color
مِن لَونِها في مَعصَفِرٍ شَرِقِ
So if you could see my palm and its staining
From the wine's color, in radiant safflower red,
لَخِلتَلَخِلتَ: you would surely think أَنأَن: that الهَواءَالهَواءَ: the air لاطَفَنيلاطَفَني: caressed me
لَخِلتَ أَن الهَواءَ لاطَفَني
بِالشَمسِبِالشَمسِ: with the sun فيفي: in قِطعَةٍقِطعَةٍ: a piece مِنَمِنَ: of الأُفُقِالأُفُقِ: the horizon
بِالشَمسِ في قِطعَةٍ مِنَ الأُفُقِ
You would think the air had caressed me
With the sun in a piece of the horizon.
Sol 6.1