أطيبُsweetest ماwhat نِلْتُI have enjoyed منof اللَّذّاتِthe pleasures
أطيبُ ما نِلْتُ من اللَّذّاتِ
ومنand of سُرُورٍjoy مُعْجِبِmaking delightful الأَوْقَاتِthe hours
ومن سُرُورٍ مُعْجِبِ الأَوْقَاتِ
The sweetest pleasures I have enjoyed,
The sweetest pleasures I have ever known
and joys that make the hours delightful,
Were hours of joy and rapture I have flown,
مُشَبِّكاتٌlattice-shaped sweets وَمُفَصّلاتٌand segmented sweets
مُشَبِّكاتٌ وَمُفَصّلاتٌ
فيin عَسَلِhoney النّحْلِthe bees مُشَرّبَاتِsoaked
في عَسَلِ النّحْلِ مُشَرّبَاتِ
are lattice-shaped and segmented sweets,
Intertwinings and articulations fine
soaked in the honey of bees.
In honey of the bees matured with wine,
كأنّas though ماwhat صُفِّفَwas arrayed فيin الجاماتِthe bowls
كأنّ ما صُفِّفَ في الجاماتِ
إذاwhen تَراءَتْthey appear ليto me ماثِلاَتِset before me
إذا تَراءَتْ لي ماثِلاَتِ
As though what is arrayed in the bowls,
As though the choicest rubies of the mine
when they appear, set before me,
In clarity before me brightened and shone,
قُضْبَانُrods تِبْرٍunworked gold مُتَراكِباتِstacked upon one another
قُضْبَانُ تِبْرٍ مُتَراكِباتِ
مُعَنْبَراتٍscented with ambergris ومكفَّرَاتِand scented with camphor
مُعَنْبَراتٍ ومكفَّرَاتِ
were rods of gold stacked upon one another,
Held each to each in order crystalline
scented with ambergris and camphor.
By setting of most cunning artisan.
Sol 6.1