ياO ديرَmonastery of ياYā- (part of Yāqūt) قوتٍ-qūt (completing Yāqūt) بِالرَهابينِby the monks
يا ديرَ يا قوتٍ بِالرَهابينِ
بِفَضلِby the grace of ماwhat جاءَcame فيon الشَعانينِPalm Sunday
بِفَضلِ ما جاءَ في الشَعانينِ
O monastery of Yaqut, by the monks,
By the grace of what came on Palm Sunday,
بِكُلِّby every تَقديسَةٍprayer of consecration يُرَدِّدُهاrepeats it
بِكُلِّ تَقديسَةٍ يُرَدِّدُها
فيكَwithin you النَصاريthe Christians عَلىover البَراشينِthe communion loaves
فيكَ النَصاري عَلى البَراشينِ
By every prayer of consecration repeated
Within you by Christians over the communion loaves,
بِحَقِّby the sanctity of ماthose who جاءَcame مِنamong جَثالِقَةٍcatholicoi (church primates)
بِحَقِّ ما جاءَ مِن جَثالِقَةٍ
إِلَيكَto you سَعياًhastening وَمِنand among مَطارينِmetropolitans
إِلَيكَ سَعياً وَمِن مَطارينِ
By the sanctity of the catholicoi who came
Hastening to you, and of the metropolitans,
بِدَيرby the monastery of عيسىIsa هلquestion marker عائدreturning زمنٌa time
بِدَير عيسى هل عائد زمنٌ
مَضىpassed بِقَلّابَةِin the cell of (uncertain reading) اشبنِAshbin شَمعونِSham'un
مَضى بِقَلّابَةِ اشبنِ شَمعونِ
By Isa's monastery, will that time return
That passed in Ashbin Sham'un's cell [uncertain reading]?
حَيثُwhere كُؤسُcups المَدامِthe wine دائِرَةٌcirculating
حَيثُ كُؤسُ المَدامِ دائِرَةٌ
وَالبَدرُand the full moon فيon الأُفقِthe horizon شِبهُlike عَرجونِa date-palm stalk
وَالبَدرُ في الأُفقِ شِبهُ عَرجونِ
Where cups of wine went round,
And the full moon on the horizon resembled a date-palm stalk;
وَالراحُand the wine فيin كَأسِهاits cup مُشَعشَةٌdiluted with water
وَالراحُ في كَأسِها مُشَعشَةٌ
كَالشَمسِlike the sun فيin بَهجَةٍsplendor وَتَلوينِand color
كَالشَمسِ في بَهجَةٍ وَتَلوينِ
And the wine, diluted in its cup,
Was like the sun in splendor and color.
يُديرُهاpasses it around أهيَفٌa slender youth شَمائِلُهُhis manners
يُديرُها أهيَفٌ شَمائِلُهُ
بِلاwithout اِرتِيابٍdoubt أَرَقُّmore delicate مِنthan دينيmy faith
بِلا اِرتِيابٍ أَرَقُّ مِن ديني
A slender youth passed it round; his manners
Were, without doubt, more delicate than my faith.
كَالبَدرِlike the full moon فيin الحُسنِbeauty وَالغَزالَةِand the gazelle فيin اللَحthe glan- (part of 'glance')
كَالبَدرِ في الحُسنِ وَالغَزالَةِ في اللَح
ظِ-ce (completing 'glance') وَغُصنُand a branch of الأَراكِthe arak tree فيin اللينِsuppleness
ظِ وَغُصنُ الأَراكِ في اللينِ
He was like the full moon in beauty, and the gazelle in his glan-
ce, and an arak branch in suppleness.
وَنَحنُand we فيamong عُصبَةٍa band شَمامِسَةٌdeacons
وَنَحنُ في عُصبَةٍ شَمامِسَةٌ
نَجريwe race مِنَout of الهَوىpassion فيin مَيادينِarenas
نَجري مِنَ الهَوى في مَيادينِ
And we, among a band of deacons,
Raced through the arenas, driven by passion.
Sol 6.1