نِظامٌa poem أَرَاهُI see it كَروحِlike the soul of النّظامِpoetry
نِظامٌ أَرَاهُ كَروحِ النّظامِ
وَرَشفِand sipping الْمُدامِwine ورَوْحِand the refreshing breeze of الْجِنانِthe gardens
وَرَشفِ الْمُدامِ ورَوْحِ الْجِنانِ
A poem I see as the soul of poetry,
And the sipping of wine, and the gardens’ refreshing breeze.
فَمَاfor neither الإحْوِرَارُthe eyes’ vivid black-and-white contrast مَعَwith الاِنْكِسارِa downcast gaze
فَمَا الإحْوِرَارُ مَعَ الاِنْكِسارِ
وطَعْمُand the taste of الْعُقارِwine وَضَمُّand embracing الْحِسانِbeautiful women
وطَعْمُ الْعُقارِ وَضَمُّ الْحِسانِ
For neither dark-eyed beauty with a downcast gaze,
Nor wine’s taste and the embrace of lovely women,
بأعْذَبَany sweeter مِنْهُthan it ولاnor الدُّرُّpearls فيon
بأعْذَبَ مِنْهُ ولا الدُّرُّ في
نُحُورٍthroats لِحُورٍof dark-eyed maidens كَتِلْكَlike those الْمَعانيmeanings
نُحُورٍ لِحُورٍ كَتِلْكَ الْمَعاني
Is sweeter than it; nor are pearls on
The throats of dark-eyed maidens like those meanings.
وهَذَاand this هُوَit الْحَلُّthe solution فانْظُرْهُso behold it فيin
وهَذَا هُوَ الْحَلُّ فانْظُرْهُ في
رياضِthe gardens of الْمُنَىwishes فَهْوَfor it is رَوْضُthe garden of الأمَانيhopes
رياضِ الْمُنَى فَهْوَ رَوْضُ الأمَاني
And this is the solution—behold it in
The gardens of wishes, for it is the garden of hopes.
Sol 6.1