وَوَرْدِيَّةٍand a rose-like wine فيin اللوْنcolor والفَوْحِand fragrance شُعشِعَتْwas diluted
وَوَرْدِيَّةٍ في اللوْن والفَوْحِ شُعشِعَتْ
فأبدتْso it revealed نجوماًstars فيin شُعاعٍa ray منfrom الشمسِthe sun
فأبدتْ نجوماً في شُعاعٍ من الشمسِ
And a wine, rose-like in hue and scent, was diluted,
so it revealed stars within a ray of sunlight.
نفيتُI banished همومَcares النفسthe soul منهاfrom it بشربةٍwith a draught
نفيتُ همومَ النفس منها بشربةٍ
دَبيبُthe creeping spread حُمَيَّاهاits intoxicating potency يَرِقُّis too subtle عَنِfor الحسِّthe senses
دَبيبُ حُمَيَّاها يَرِقُّ عَنِ الحسِّ
I banished the soul’s cares with a draught of it;
its intoxication creeps in too subtly for the senses.
كأنas though يديmy hand منof فضّةٍsilver فإذاthen when حَوَتْit held
كأن يدي من فضّةٍ فإذا حَوَتْ
زجاجتَهَاits glass عادتbecame مُذَهَّبَةَgilded الخمسِthe five fingers
زجاجتَهَا عادت مُذَهَّبَةَ الخمسِ
My hand seemed made of silver; then, when it held
its glass, all five fingers became gilded.
Sol 6.1