ياO خيرَbest مُسْتفَاضٍone whose bounty is sought
يا خيرَ مُسْتفَاضٍ
فاضَoverflowed بخيرِwith the bounty خِيْرِa generous man
فاضَ بخيرِ خِيْرِ
O best of those whose bounty is sought,
O best of the generous
who overflowed with a generous man's bounty!
Be generous with the best generosity
أَمطرتنيyou rained upon me نبيذاًwine
أَمطرتني نبيذاً
كالعارضِlike the cloud المَطيرrain-bearing
كالعارضِ المَطير
You rained wine upon me,
You rained me wine
like a rain-bearing cloud,
Like the pouring rain
ممَّاfrom what ثَوَىhad lain دهوراًfor ages
ممَّا ثَوَى دهوراً
ماas many as شئتَyou wished منْof دهورages
ما شئتَ منْ دهور
wine that had lain for ages—
Of what has lasted ages
as many ages as you wished.
Whatever you wish of ages
واهاًah! (admiration) لهfor it كبيراًaged
واهاً له كبيراً
فيin بهجةِthe radiance الصغيرthe young one
في بهجةِ الصغير
Ah, how lovely it is—aged,
Alas greatly for it
yet with the radiance of youth!
In the delight of the little
أَقْبَلَit came فيin إِناءِa vessel
أَقْبَلَ في إِناءِ
مُقَابَلconfronted الأمُورevents
مُقَابَل الأمُور
It came in a vessel,
It came in a vessel
confronted by events,
Matching the matters
مُقَنَّعاًhooded بشَعْرٍwith hair
مُقَنَّعاً بشَعْرٍ
مُقَلَّداًnecklaced بزيرِwith a lute-string
مُقَلَّداً بزيرِ
hooded in hair,
Masked with hair
necklaced with a lute-string.
Adorned with bracelets
يسعىhurries بهاwith it غريرٌa guileless youth
يسعى بها غريرٌ
كالرشإِlike the gazelle-fawn الغريرِguileless
كالرشإِ الغريرِ
A guileless youth hurries with it,
A flirt tries with it
like a guileless gazelle-fawn.
Like the twinkling stars
إِذاwhen علاrises سناهُits radiance
إِذا علا سناهُ
علىabove يدِthe hand المديرthe cupbearer
على يدِ المدير
When its radiance rises
When its brightness rose
above the cupbearer's hand,
At the hand of the butler
تقولُyou say روحa spirit نارٍfire
تقولُ روح نارٍ
تسْكنdwells in جسمa body نورِlight
تسْكن جسم نورِ
you would say: a spirit of fire
A fiery soul says
dwells in a body of light.
It settles a body of light
تفترsmiles عنto reveal ثُغورٍmouths
تفتر عن ثُغورٍ
أَبهىlovelier منthan الثغورِmouths
أَبهى من الثغورِ
It smiles, revealing mouths
It boasts of glories
lovelier than other mouths,
More splendid than glories
منof لؤلؤٍpearls نضيدٍneatly arrayed
من لؤلؤٍ نضيدٍ
أوor لؤلؤٍpearls نثيرscattered
أو لؤلؤٍ نثير
of pearls neatly arrayed
Of precious pearl
or pearls scattered.
Or abundant pearl
ماتتْdied قهunclear in the supplied text هموميmy worries
ماتتْ قه همومي
وعاشَand lived ليfor me سروريmy joy
وعاشَ لي سروري
My worries died [one word is unclear in the source],
My worries died
and my joy lived on for me.
And my happiness lived
ولمand not تزلْcease خطيراًnoble
ولم تزلْ خطيراً
تجودُyou give generously بالخطيرwith what is precious
تجودُ بالخطير
And you have always remained noble,
And it kept being perilous
giving generously of what is precious.
Generously giving the perilous
Sol 6.1