وَنَدمانٍand a drinking companion سَقَيتُI gave to drink الراحَthe wine صِرفاًunmixed
وَنَدمانٍ سَقَيتُ الراحَ صِرفاً
وَأُفقُand the horizon الصُبحِof dawn مُرتَفِعُraised السُجوفِthe curtains
وَأُفقُ الصُبحِ مُرتَفِعُ السُجوفِ
And a boon companion I gave pure wine to drink,
And a drinking companion I served unmixed wine,
while dawn's horizon had its curtains raised.
while dawn’s horizon had its curtains raised.
صَفَتit became clear وَصَفَتand became clear زُجاجَتُهاits glass vessel عَلَيهاaround it
صَفَت وَصَفَت زُجاجَتُها عَلَيها
كَمَعنىًlike a meaning دَقَّgrew subtle فيin ذِهنٍa mind لَطيفِrefined
كَمَعنىً دَقَّ في ذِهنٍ لَطيفِ
It was limpid, and limpid was its glass around it—
It was clear, and its glass was clear around it,
like a subtle meaning in a discerning mind.
like a meaning grown subtle in a refined mind.
Sol 6.1