ماnot شفائيmy cure إلاexcept النبيذُwine فماso what رأview (word begins)
ما شفائي إلا النبيذُ فما رأ
يكِyour (feminine; completes 'your view') فيconcerning أنthat تجودَyou give generously ليto me بشفائيwith my cure
يكِ في أن تجودَ لي بشفائي
My only cure is wine; so what is your
Wine alone is my remedy, so how could
view of generously granting me my cure?
You refuse to provide me with my remedy?
وليكنْand let it be صافياًclear إذاwhen لحظتْهُbeheld it الthe
وليكنْ صافياً إذا لحظتْهُ ال
عينُeye فازتْgained منهfrom it بحسنِthe beauty of الصفاءclarity
عينُ فازتْ منه بحسنِ الصفاء
And let it be clear: when it is beheld by the
Let it be pure, so when an eye beholds it,
eye, the eye enjoys the beauty of its clarity.
It revels in its clarity.
فهوfor it is مثلُlike الهواءِair فيin رقَّةِthe delicacy of الصَّنْthe workmanship (word begins)
فهو مثلُ الهواءِ في رقَّةِ الصَّنْ
عةِworkmanship (word ends) لاno بلrather يجوزُit surpasses حدَّthe limit of الهواءair
عةِ لا بل يجوزُ حدَّ الهواء
For it is like air in the delicacy of its
It resembles air in the delicacy of its essence—
making—no, rather, it surpasses the bounds of air.
No, it goes beyond the essence of air.
ملبسٌclothing لونُهُits color الإناءَthe vessel شعاعاًradiance
ملبسٌ لونُهُ الإناءَ شعاعاً
هُوَit منfrom ظاهرِthe outside of الإناthe vessel بإناءas a vessel
هُوَ من ظاهرِ الإنا بإناء
Its color clothes the vessel in radiance;
Its hue clothes the vessel with radiance.
it is a vessel outside the vessel.
It is the vessel’s outward appearance through the vessel.
مثلlike ريقsaliva العذراءِthe virgin فيin اللونcolor والتوand the rosy flush (word begins)
مثل ريق العذراءِ في اللون والتو
ريدِrosy flush (word ends) فيon صحنِthe surface of وَجْنَةِthe cheek of العذارءthe virgin
ريدِ في صحنِ وَجْنَةِ العذارء
Like a virgin's saliva in color, and like the
It resembles a virgin’s spittle in color,
rosy flush upon the surface of a virgin's cheek;
And in flux, in the bowl of a virgin’s mouth.
وكشمِّand like smelling المعشوقthe beloved يشتمهhe inhales his scent العاthe lover (word begins)
وكشمِّ المعشوق يشتمه العا
شقlover (word ends) فيin غفلةheedlessness منon the part of الرقباءthe watchers
شق في غفلة من الرقباء
And like the beloved's scent, breathed in by the
And the cheek of a loved one—her lover smells it
lover while the watchers are off their guard.
In the negligence of the overseers.
Sol 6.1