كَأَنَّ أَباريقَ المَدامِ لديهمُ

كَأَنَّ أَباريقَ المَدامِ لديهمُ

ظِباءٌ بِأَعلى الرَقمتينِ قيامُ

ظِباءٌ بِأَعلى الرَقمتينِ قيامُ

The wine ewers in their midst seem

Their wine jugs seem like gazelles

As if the pitchers of wine before them

like gazelles standing on the heights of al-Raqmatayn.

standing erect on their hind legs,

Were gazelles standing upon the heights of Al-Raqmatayn,

وَقَد شَرِبوا حَتّى كأَنَّ رِقابَهُم

وَقَد شَرِبوا حَتّى كأَنَّ رِقابَهُم

مِنَ اللينِ لَم يَخلق لَهُنَّ عِظامُ

مِنَ اللينِ لَم يَخلق لَهُنَّ عِظامُ

They drank until their necks appeared

And they drank until their necks

And they drank until it seemed as though their necks,

so supple that no bones had been made for them.

were too limp to support bones.

From sheer suppleness, were created without bones.