راحٌwine إِذاwhen اسْتَنْطَقَتْهاmade it speak بِالمِزاجِby mixing يَدٌa hand
راحٌ إِذا اسْتَنْطَقَتْها بِالمِزاجِ يَدٌ
تَكادُalmost تَخْرَسُfalls mute عَنْهاbefore it أَلْسُنُtongues الحَدَقِthe eyes' pupils
تَكادُ تَخْرَسُ عَنْها أَلْسُنُ الحَدَقِ
Wine—when a hand makes it speak by mixing it,
A calm that, when a hand makes it speak with feeling,
the eyes' tongues almost fall mute before it.
The tongues of the eyes can hardly utter it,
كأَنَّهاas though it were خَجِلٌa bashful person فيin كأْسِthe cup of شارِبِهاits drinker
كأَنَّها خَجِلٌ في كأْسِ شارِبِها
فَاجَاهُsurprised him عِنْدَat مِزاجmixing صُفْرَةُthe yellow pallor of الفَرَقِfear
فَاجَاهُ عِنْدَ مِزاج صُفْرَةُ الفَرَقِ
As though it were a bashful person in its drinker's cup,
As if it were shyness in the cup of its drinker,
whom fear's yellow pallor suddenly overtook at the mixing.
So he met it when the parting was yellow.
أَوْor مِثْلُlike وَجْنَةِthe cheek of مَعْشُوقٍa beloved إِذاwhen نَثَرَتْscattered
أَوْ مِثْلُ وَجْنَةِ مَعْشُوقٍ إِذا نَثَرَتْ
يَدُthe hand of الدَّلالِcoquetry عَلَيْهاupon it لُؤْلُؤpearls of العَرَقِsweat
يَدُ الدَّلالِ عَلَيْها لُؤْلُؤ العَرَقِ
Or like a beloved's cheek, when strewn
Or like the cheek of a beloved when she scatters
by the hand of coquetry with pearls of sweat.
On it the dealer's hand, pearls of sweat.
كأَنَّas though ماwhat ابْيَضَّturned white مِنْهاof it فيin مُوَرَّدِهِits rose-tinted part
كأَنَّ ما ابْيَضَّ مِنْها في مُوَرَّدِهِ
كَواكِبٌstars نُثِرَتْwere scattered فيin حُمْرَةِthe redness of الشَّفَقِtwilight
كَواكِبٌ نُثِرَتْ في حُمْرَةِ الشَّفَقِ
As though what turns white upon it, amid its rosy hue,
As if what whitened on it in its freshness
were stars scattered in the redness of twilight.
Were stars strewn on the redness of the horizon.
Sol 6.1