نارٌfire ونُورٌand light فيin الكأْسِthe cup مُؤْتَلِفٌmingled
نارٌ ونُورٌ في الكأْسِ مُؤْتَلِفٌ
رِقّةُdelicacy of ماءٍwater ورِقّةُand delicacy of العِنَبِthe grapes
رِقّةُ ماءٍ ورِقّةُ العِنَبِ
Fire and light are mingled in the cup,
Fire and light blended in the chalice,
The delicacy of water and the delicacy of grapes.
The gentleness of water and the tenderness of grapes.
شَجَّsplit قِراعُthe clash of المِزَاجِmixing صُورَتَهاits form
شَجَّ قِراعُ المِزَاجِ صُورَتَها
كَلُؤْلُؤٍlike pearls جائلٍdrifting علىover ذَهَبِgold
كَلُؤْلُؤٍ جائلٍ على ذَهَبِ
The clash of mixing split its form,
The blending has molded its image,
Like pearls drifting over gold,
Like wavering pearls over gold.
طوراًat times وطوراًand at times كَنَسْجِlike the weave of سابِغَةٍa full-length coat of mail
طوراً وطوراً كَنَسْجِ سابِغَةٍ
مُنْسَكِبِflowing الشّخْصِthe form إِثْرَfollowing مُنْسَكِبِflowing
مُنْسَكِبِ الشّخْصِ إِثْرَ مُنْسَكِبِ
At times; at others, like the weave of a full-length coat of mail,
At times spreading like an outstretched carpet,
One flowing form following another,
Flowing from its rim following its outpour.
وتارةًand sometimes كالسُّطُورِlike lines of writing مُتّصِلاًjoined together
وتارةً كالسُّطُورِ مُتّصِلاً
فيin جَوانبِthe margins of الكُتُبِthe books
في جَوانبِ الكُتُبِ
And sometimes like lines of writing, joined together,
At times connected like lines,
In the margins of books.
Along the margins of books.
هذاthis وهذاand this وذاكَand that تُظْهِرُهُit reveals it
هذا وهذا وذاكَ تُظْهِرُهُ
كأنّماas though كَأْسُهاits cup أبوthe father of العَجَبِwonder
كأنّما كَأْسُها أبو العَجَبِ
This and this and that it reveals,
It shows all this and that and that,
As though its cup were the father of wonder.
As if its chalice is the father of wonders.
Sol 6.1