حَمَلُواthey brought إِليَّto me حَدِيقَةًa garden صُنِعَتْwas fashioned
حَمَلُوا إِليَّ حَدِيقَةً صُنِعَتْ
لِلْكَأْسِfor the cup يكْنُفُهَاsurrounds it بِهَاwithin it الزَّهَرُthe flowers
لِلْكَأْسِ يكْنُفُهَا بِهَا الزَّهَرُ
They brought me a garden fashioned
They brought me a garden made
For the cup, surrounded there by flowers.
For the chalice, surrounded by flowers.
وَالكَأْسُand the cup كَالعَذْرَاءِlike a virgin عَارِيَةٌnaked
وَالكَأْسُ كَالعَذْرَاءِ عَارِيَةٌ
أَلحَاظُهاgazes upon her تَسْطُوgrow bold وتَنْكَسِرُand falter
أَلحَاظُها تَسْطُو وتَنْكَسِرُ
And the cup is naked, like a virgin;
The chalice is like a bare virgin -
Gazes upon her grow bold and falter,
Its veils billow and flutter.
ظَمْأَىthirsty إِلَيْهَاfor her حِينَwhen ضَرَّجَهَاflushed her
ظَمْأَى إِلَيْهَا حِينَ ضَرَّجَهَا
لَوْنُthe hue الحَيَاءِof modesty وَزَانَهَاand adorned her الخَفَرُbashfulness
لَوْنُ الحَيَاءِ وَزَانَهَا الخَفَرُ
Thirsting for her when she was flushed
I thirsted for it when bashfulness
By modesty's hue and graced by bashfulness.
Dyed it, and modesty adorned it.
وَأَطَلَّand peered out مِصْبَاحٌa lamp يُطَالِعُهَاgazes upon her
وَأَطَلَّ مِصْبَاحٌ يُطَالِعُهَا
كَلِفاًenamored كَأَنَّas though شُعَاعَهُits ray نَظَرُa gaze
كَلِفاً كَأَنَّ شُعَاعَهُ نَظَرُ
And a lamp peered out, gazing upon her,
A lamp peered at it
Enamored, as though its ray were a gaze.
Yearningly, its rays like a gaze.
يَنْأَىdraws away فَترْسُبُthen sinks فِيin قرَارَتِهاher depths
يَنْأَى فَترْسُبُ فِي قرَارَتِها
شمْسٌa sun تُحِيطُcircle بِأُفْقِهَاaround its horizon زُهُرُbright stars
شمْسٌ تُحِيطُ بِأُفْقِهَا زُهُرُ
It draws away, and into her depths sinks
It draws away, and a sun sinks
A sun whose horizon is ringed with bright stars.
Into its stillness, its horizons flowers.
فَإِذَاthen when دَنَاdraws near فَالشَّمْسُthen the sun قَدْalready غَرَبَتْhas set
فَإِذَا دَنَا فَالشَّمْسُ قَدْ غَرَبَتْ
وَطَفاand floated عَلىon وَجْهِthe surface الطِّلىthe wine قَمَرُa moon
وَطَفا عَلى وَجْهِ الطِّلى قَمَرُ
And when it draws near, the sun has already set,
When one comes near, the sun has set
And a moon floats on the surface of the wine.
And a moon has sailed across the dewy cheek.
هَذِيthese عَجَائِبُهَاher wonders وَأَعْجَبُهَاand the most wondrous of them
هَذِي عَجَائِبُهَا وَأَعْجَبُهَا
أَنْthat يَسْتَقِرَّshould settle بِقرْبِهَاbeside her كَدَرُgloom
أَنْ يَسْتَقِرَّ بِقرْبِهَا كَدَرُ
These are her wonders, and the most wondrous of them
Such are its marvels and most marvelous -
Is that gloom should settle beside her.
That sadness settles near it.
Sol 6.1