وَنَاظِرٍand a gazer عَنْfrom دَعَجٍdeep darkness of eyes
وَنَاظِرٍ عَنْ دَعَجٍ
مَحْكَمٍgiven mastery فِيin الْمُهَجِhearts
مَحْكَمٍ فِي الْمُهَجِ
And a gazer with deep-black eyes,
given mastery over hearts,
يُدِيرُhe passes around كَأْسَاًa cup فَرَّجَتْit dispelled
يُدِيرُ كَأْسَاً فَرَّجَتْ
هَمَّsorrow الْفَتَىthe young man بِالْفَرَجِwith relief
هَمَّ الْفَتَى بِالْفَرَجِ
passes round a cup that dispelled
the young man's sorrow with relief.
قَدْalready أُرْعدَتْit was made to tremble لِمزْجِهَاat its mixing
قَدْ أُرْعدَتْ لِمزْجِهَا
وَالْتَهَبَتْand it blazed كَالسُّرُجِlike lamps
وَالْتَهَبَتْ كَالسُّرُجِ
It had been set trembling at its mixing,
and blazed like lamps.
أَدارَهاhe passed it around مُنْتَطِقٌa girdled man
أَدارَها مُنْتَطِقٌ
مُصَوَّرٌfashioned مِنْfrom غَنَجِcoquetry
مُصَوَّرٌ مِنْ غَنَجِ
A girdled man passed it round,
fashioned out of coquetry.
أَطلَعَhe brought forth مِنْfrom طُرَّتِهِhis forelock
أَطلَعَ مِنْ طُرَّتِهِ
أَهِلَّةًcrescents مِنْof سَبَجِjet
أَهِلَّةً مِنْ سَبَجِ
He brought forth from his forelock
crescents of jet.
تَكَشَّفَتْopened ضَحْكَتُهُhis smile
تَكَشَّفَتْ ضَحْكَتُهُ
عَنْto reveal بَرَدٍhailstones مُفَلَّجٍspaced apart
عَنْ بَرَدٍ مُفَلَّجٍ
His smile opened
to reveal hailstones spaced apart.
ياO مَجْلِساًa gathering جَعَلْتُهُI made it
يا مَجْلِساً جَعَلْتُهُ
فِيin مُدَّتِيmy lifetime أُنْمُوذَجِيmy exemplar
فِي مُدَّتِي أُنْمُوذَجِي
O gathering, which I made
my exemplar throughout my lifetime!
كانَit was كَلَحْظِlike the glance of الطَّرْفِthe eye
كانَ كَلَحْظِ الطَّرْفِ
فِيin سُرْعَةِswiftness مَرٍّgoing ومَجِيand coming
فِي سُرْعَةِ مَرٍّ ومَجِي
It was like the glance of an eye
in the swiftness of going and coming.
Sol 6.1