ألستare you not ترىyou see الصبحَthe dawn قدalready أسفراhas brightened
ألست ترى الصبحَ قد أسفرا
ومبتكرَand the early-coming الغيثِrain قدalready أمطراhas poured down
ومبتكرَ الغيثِ قد أمطرا
Do you not see that dawn has broken,
And the early rain has poured down?
وأسفرتand has unveiled الأرضُthe earth عنto reveal حُلَّةٍa robe
وأسفرت الأرضُ عن حُلَّةٍ
تُضاحكُexchanges smiles with بالأحمرِwith red الأصفراyellow
تُضاحكُ بالأحمرِ الأصفرا
And the earth has unveiled a robe
Whose red trades smiles with yellow.
ووافاكand has come to you نيسانُNisan (April) فيin وَردِهits roses
ووافاك نيسانُ في وَردِه
وحثَّكand urged you فيin الشربdrinking كيso that تَسكراyou grow drunk
وحثَّك في الشرب كي تَسكرا
And Nisan has come to you in its roses,
And urged you to drink, that you might grow drunk,
وتعملَand you ply كأسينtwo cups فيamong فِتيَةٍyoung men
وتعملَ كأسين في فِتيَةٍ
تُطاردyou chase بالأصغرwith the smaller cup الأكبراthe larger cup
تُطارد بالأصغر الأكبرا
And ply two cups among young men,
Chasing the larger with the smaller.
يحثُّurges on كئوسهمtheir cups مُخطَفٌa slender-waisted youth
يحثُّ كئوسهم مُخطَفٌ
تُجاذِبُtug against أردافُهhis buttocks المِئزَراthe waistcloth
تُجاذِبُ أردافُه المِئزَرا
A slender-waisted youth urges on their cups;
His buttocks tug against his waistcloth.
ترجلhe combed his hair بالبانِwith ben oil حتىuntil إذاwhen
ترجل بالبانِ حتى إذا
أدارَhe coiled غدائرَهhis locks وفَّراhe made luxuriant
أدارَ غدائرَه وفَّرا
He combed his hair with ben oil, until
He had coiled his locks and made them luxuriant,
وفضَّضَand he strewed like silver فيamid الجلّنارِthe pomegranate blossoms البهاthe oxeye daisy (word begins)
وفضَّضَ في الجلّنارِ البها
رَ(completes 'oxeye daisy') والآبنوسةَand the ebony والعَبهَراand the narcissus
رَ والآبنوسةَ والعَبهَرا
And strewed like silver amid pomegranate blossoms the oxeye
Daisy, the ebony, and the narcissus.
فلماthen when تمازجَmingled ماwhat شذَّرَتhad snipped into fragments
فلما تمازجَ ما شذَّرَت
مقاريضُthe scissors أطرافِهof his fingertips شذَّراhe scattered them
مقاريضُ أطرافِه شذَّرا
Then, when the fragments had mingled—those snipped
By the scissors of his fingertips—he scattered them.
فكلٌّso each one ينافسcompetes فيin بِرِّهkindness to him
فكلٌّ ينافس في بِرِّه
ليفعلَin order to do فيwith ذاتهhis person المُنكَراthe forbidden act
ليفعلَ في ذاته المُنكَرا
So each vies in kindness to him,
To do what is forbidden with his body.
Sol 6.1