ومشمولةٍand cooled by the north wind راحٍwine كأنّas though حبابهاits bubbles
ومشمولةٍ راحٍ كأنّ حبابها
إذاwhen ماemphatic particle بداappeared فيin الكأسِthe cup درٌّpearls مَجوَّفُhollow
إذا ما بدا في الكأسِ درٌّ مَجوَّفُ
And wine cooled by the north wind, whose bubbles seem,
A drink like a soft, tranquil breeze
when they appear in the cup, like hollow pearls.
When in the cup a pearl appears hollowed out
لهاit has منfrom شقيقِanemones الرّوْضِthe garden لونٌa hue كأنّماas though
لها من شقيقِ الرّوْضِ لونٌ كأنّما
إذاwhen ماemphatic particle بداappeared فيin الكأسthe cup منهfrom it مُطَرّفُa bordered cloak
إذا ما بدا في الكأس منه مُطَرّفُ
It has the hue of the garden’s anemones, as though,
It takes the meadow's red anemone in color
when it appears in the cup, a bordered cloak were made of that hue.
When drops from it are seen in the cup, edged
سَرَيْتُI journeyed by night علىupon برْقٍlightning كأنّas though ظلامَهُits darkness
سَرَيْتُ على برْقٍ كأنّ ظلامَهُ
إذاwhen احمرّgrew red ليلٌa night أسوَدblack باتَspent the night يرعفُbleeding from the nose
إذا احمرّ ليلٌ أسوَد باتَ يرعفُ
I journeyed by night upon lightning, as though its darkness,
I walked on lightning, as if its darkness
when it reddened, were a black night that kept bleeding from the nose.
When a black night blushed, it had begun to flicker
Sol 6.1