تَرىyou see البَدرَthe full moon فيin اللَيلِthe night يَهديguides النُفوساthe souls
تَرى البَدرَ في اللَيلِ يَهدي النُفوسا
إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle أَدارَhe passed around عَلَيناamong us الكُؤُساthe cups
إِذا ما أَدارَ عَلَينا الكُؤُسا
You see the full moon at night guiding souls,
Whenever he passes the cups around among us.
مِنَfrom among التُركِthe Turks مُعتَدِلwell-proportioned كَالقَضيبِlike a slender bough
مِنَ التُركِ مُعتَدِل كَالقَضيبِ
يُمنِّعُهُrestrains him عُجبُهُhis conceit اَنfrom يَميساswaying gracefully
يُمنِّعُهُ عُجبُهُ اَن يَميسا
A Turk, well-proportioned as a slender bough,
Whose conceit keeps him from swaying.
تَراهُyou see him فَتَحسِبُهُand so you think him فيin القِباthe robe
تَراهُ فَتَحسِبُهُ في القِبا
بِمُعتَدِلِwith well-proportioned القدِّstature يَحكيhe resembles العَروساthe bride
بِمُعتَدِلِ القدِّ يَحكي العَروسا
You see him in his robe and think
That, with his shapely stature, he resembles a bride.
يُعاطيكَoffers you راحَتَهُhis palm وَالرُضابُand saliva
يُعاطيكَ راحَتَهُ وَالرُضابُ
وَاللَفظَand speech وَالمُقلَةَand the eye الخَندَريساaged wine
وَاللَفظَ وَالمُقلَةَ الخَندَريسا
His palm and the moisture of his lips offer you—
As do his speech and his eye—aged wine.
هُوَhe الشَمسُthe sun حُسناًin beauty فَلاso no غَروَwonder أَنthat
هُوَ الشَمسُ حُسناً فَلا غَروَ أَن
تَظَلُّremain النَدامىthe drinking companions لَدَيهِin his presence مَجوساMagians
تَظَلُّ النَدامى لَدَيهِ مَجوسا
He is the sun in beauty; no wonder that
The drinking companions remain Magians before him.
Sol 6.1