هِيَit الحياةُlife فلوso if تأْتيit came إِلىto حَجَرٍa stone
هِيَ الحياةُ فلو تأْتي إِلى حَجَرٍ
لَوَلَّدَتْit would engender فيهwithin it مِنْهاfrom itself نَشْوَةَthe rapture الطَّرَبِof delight
لَوَلَّدَتْ فيه مِنْها نَشْوَةَ الطَّرَبِ
It is life itself: were it to reach a stone,
it would awaken within it, from itself, the rapture of delight.
كأَنَّهاas though it were ولسانُwhile the tongue الماءِof water يَقرَعُهاstrikes it
كأَنَّها ولسانُ الماءِ يَقرَعُها
دمعٌtears ترقرقshimmered فيin أَجفانِthe eyelids منتحبِof one sobbing
دمعٌ ترقرق في أَجفانِ منتحبِ
As the tongue of water strikes it, it is like
tears shimmering in the eyelids of one who sobs.
إِذاwhen علاهاrose upon it حَبابٌfoam خِلْتَهُyou would think it شبكاًa mesh
إِذا علاها حَبابٌ خِلْتَهُ شبكاً
منof اللجَيْنsilver عَلَىupon أَرْضٍa ground مِنَof الذَّهبِgold
من اللجَيْن عَلَى أَرْضٍ مِنَ الذَّهبِ
When foam rises upon it, you would think it a mesh
of silver upon a ground of gold.
تصورتْtook shape منfrom أَديمthe surface الكأْسof the cup سورتهاits intoxicating force
تصورتْ من أَديم الكأْس سورتها
فأَنبتتْand so it brought forth بَرَداًhailstones منهاfrom it عَلَىupon لَهَبِa flame
فأَنبتتْ بَرَداً منها عَلَى لَهَبِ
Its intoxicating force took shape from the cup’s surface,
and made hailstones sprout from it upon a flame.
تخالُyou would imagine منهاfrom it بجيدaround the neck الكأسِof the cup إِنْif مُزِجَتْit is mixed
تخالُ منها بجيد الكأسِ إِنْ مُزِجَتْ
عِقداًa necklace منof الدُّرِّpearls أَوْor طَوْقاًa collar منof الحَبَبِbubbles
عِقداً من الدُّرِّ أَوْ طَوْقاً من الحَبَبِ
When it is mixed, you fancy it forms around the cup’s neck
a necklace of pearls, or a collar of bubbles.
Sol 6.1