لِلْمَهْرَجَانِfor Mihragan عَلَيْكَupon you حَقُّa rightful claim سَنَّهُestablished it
لِلْمَهْرَجَانِ عَلَيْكَ حَقُّ سَنَّهُ
أبَاؤُكَyour forefathers الْمُتَقَدِّمُوْنَthose who came before فَأَدِّهِso fulfill it
أبَاؤُكَ الْمُتَقَدِّمُوْنَ فَأَدِّهِ
Mihrajān has a claim upon you—one ordained
Mihragan has a claim upon you, established
By your forefathers of old; so render it its due.
by your forefathers of old—so fulfill it.
بَاكِرْهُgreet it early بِالرَّاحِwith wine الشَّمُوْلِthe heady wine تَحُثُّهَاyou quaff it eagerly
بَاكِرْهُ بِالرَّاحِ الشَّمُوْلِ تَحُثُّهَا
صِرْفاًunmixed عَلَىamid زَهْرِthe blossoms الرَّبِيْعِof spring وَوَرْدِهِand its roses
صِرْفاً عَلَى زَهْرِ الرَّبِيْعِ وَوَرْدِهِ
Go early to greet it with all-enfolding wine, urging its flow
Greet it early with heady wine, quaffing it
Pure amid spring’s blossoms and its roses—
unmixed, amid spring's blossoms and roses:
كَأْساًa cup تَرَىyou see فِيْهَاin it مِثَالَكَyour likeness مِنْfrom يَدَيًthe two hands of
كَأْساً تَرَى فِيْهَا مِثَالَكَ مِنْ يَدَيً
سَاقٍa cupbearer تُرِيْكَit shows you مِثَالَهَاits likeness مِنْfrom خَدِّهِhis cheek
سَاقٍ تُرِيْكَ مِثَالَهَا مِنْ خَدِّهِ
A cup in which you see your likeness, received from the hands
a cup in which you see your likeness, from the hands
Of a cupbearer whose cheek displays the cup’s own likeness.
of a cupbearer—it shows you its own likeness in his cheek.
Sol 6.1