أَلاAh! حَبَّذاhow lovely نَوْرُblossom الْبَنَفْسَجِthe violet إِذْwhen بَداit appeared
أَلا حَبَّذا نَوْرُ الْبَنَفْسَجِ إِذْ بَدا
كآثارِlike the marks of قَرْصٍpinching فيin جُسُومٍbodies نَواعِمِtender
كآثارِ قَرْصٍ في جُسُومٍ نَواعِمِ
Ah, how lovely the violet blossom when it appears,
Oh, how delightful is the violet’s glow when it appears
like marks of pinching on tender bodies.
Like the trace of a bracelet on the wrists of gentle maidens
فَقُمْso rise سَقِّنيgive me a drink كأْساًa cup عَلَيْهِwith it كَأَنَّهاas though it were
فَقُمْ سَقِّني كأْساً عَلَيْهِ كَأَنَّها
نُقوشاًin patterns وَلَوْناًand in color مِنْfrom فُصُوصِgemstones الْخَواتِمِthe rings
نُقوشاً وَلَوْناً مِنْ فُصُوصِ الْخَواتِمِ
So rise and give me a cup to accompany it, as though it
So pour me a cup that seems as though
were, in pattern and color, one of the gemstones set in rings.
It bears engraving and color from ring stones
Sol 6.1