قَدindeed جُمِعَhas been united الحُسنُbeauty وَالمَلاحَةُand charm فيin
قَد جُمِعَ الحُسنُ وَالمَلاحَةُ في
وَجهٍa face مِنَfrom العاشِقينَthe lovers مَنحوتِcarved
وَجهٍ مِنَ العاشِقينَ مَنحوتِ
Beauty and charm have been united in
Beauty and charm gathered in
a face carved from lovers.
A face carved by lovers
فيin عَينِهِhis eye مَرضَةٌlanguor إِذاwhen نَظَرَتit gazed
في عَينِهِ مَرضَةٌ إِذا نَظَرَت
قَدalready كَحَّلَتهُit applied kohl to him بِسِحرِwith the magic of هاروتِHarut
قَد كَحَّلَتهُ بِسِحرِ هاروتِ
There is languor in his eye; when it gazes,
In his eyes an ailment, when it looks
it has lined his eyes with Harut's magic.
It lined them with the sorcery of Harut
يَمُجُّspouts إِبريقُهُhis ewer المِزاجَthe mixing water كَماjust as اِمopening fragment of 'stretched out'
يَمُجُّ إِبريقُهُ المِزاجَ كَما اِم
تَدَّclosing fragment of 'stretched out' شِهابٌa shooting star فيin إِثرِthe wake of عِفريتِan ifrit (demon)
تَدَّ شِهابٌ في إِثرِ عِفريتِ
His ewer spouts the mixing water, as
His flask pours out wine as though
a shooting star streaks out in pursuit of an ifrit,
A shooting star streaked after a demon
عَلىonto عُقارٍwine صَفراءَyellow تَحسَبُهاyou think it
عَلى عُقارٍ صَفراءَ تَحسَبُها
شيبَتwas mingled بِمِسكٍwith musk فيin الدَنِّthe wine cask مَفتوتِcrumbled
شيبَت بِمِسكٍ في الدَنِّ مَفتوتِ
onto yellow wine, which you would think
On top of a yellow drug, you'd think it
was mingled in the cask with crumbled musk.
Grayed with musk melted in the vat
لِلماءِfor the water فيهاin it كِتابَةٌwriting عَجَبٌa marvel
لِلماءِ فيها كِتابَةٌ عَجَبٌ
كَمِثلِjust like نَقشٍan engraving فيin فَصِّa ring-stone ياقوتِruby
كَمِثلِ نَقشٍ في فَصِّ ياقوتِ
The water's writing within it is a marvel,
The water in it has wondrous writing
like an engraving in a ruby ring-stone.
Like engraving on a ruby gem
Sol 6.1