مُعَتَّقَةٌaged wine يَعْلوrises over الْحَبابُthe bubbles مُتونَهاits surfaces
مُعَتَّقَةٌ يَعْلو الْحَبابُ مُتونَها
فَتَحْسِبُهُso you take it for فيهاwithin it نَثيرَa scattering of جُمانِpearls
فَتَحْسِبُهُ فيها نَثيرَ جُمانِ
An aged wine, bubbles rising over its surface,
So you take them for pearls scattered within it.
رَأَتْit saw مِنْof لُجَيْنٍsilver راحَةًa palm لمِديرِهاbelonging to its cupbearer
رَأَتْ مِنْ لُجَيْنٍ راحَةً لمِديرِها
فطافَتْso it encircled لَهُfor him مِنْof عَسْجَدٍgold بِبنَانِwith fingers
فطافَتْ لَهُ مِنْ عَسْجَدٍ بِبنَانِ
It saw its cupbearer’s palm of silver,
So it encircled him with fingers of gold.
Sol 6.1