هَلْwould ...? لَكُمَاfor you two فيin اصْطِباحِmorning drinking كَأْسٍa cup
هَلْ لَكُمَا في اصْطِباحِ كَأْسٍ
وفيand in نُهُوضٍrising إلىto تَحاسِيsipping together
وفي نُهُوضٍ إلى تَحاسِي
Would you two care for a morning cup,
and to rise to sip together—
إلىtoward ضِياءٍradiance وضَوْءِand the glow of نارٍfire
إلى ضِياءٍ وضَوْءِ نارٍ
تَمازجاthe two mingled فيin قَرارِthe bottom of كاسِa cup
تَمازجا في قَرارِ كاسِ
radiance and the glow of fire,
mingled in the depths of a cup?
فَعّالةٌpotent فيin الرُّؤوسِheads مَالاwhat ... not
فَعّالةٌ في الرُّؤوسِ مَالا
تَفْعَلُهُdoes it سَورَةُthe surge of النُّعَاسِdrowsiness
تَفْعَلُهُ سَورَةُ النُّعَاسِ
Potent in heads, it does what
the surge of drowsiness does not do.
للّهِto God دَرُّexcellence of المُدامِthe wine لولاwere it not for
للّهِ دَرُّ المُدامِ لولا
هَوانُهاits debasement فيin لهىthe throats of أُنَاسِcertain people
هَوانُها في لهى أُنَاسِ
God bless the wine—if only
it were not debased in certain people's throats!
Sol 6.1