عَذرَاءُa virgin maiden تَزهُوglories بأثوابin garments ملوَّنةٍmulticolored
عَذرَاءُ تَزهُو بأثواب ملوَّنةٍ
قامتshe rose تريناshe shows us حُبابَbubbles الخمرthe wine فوقabove قَدَحa goblet
قامت ترينا حُبابَ الخمر فوق قَدَح
A virgin maiden flaunts her multicolored robes,
A maiden glories in garments of many colors.
She rose to show us the wine’s froth atop a goblet—
She rose to show us wine's bubbles atop a goblet.
بدرٌa full moon بليلٍby night أراناshowed us الشمسthe sun فيin شفقٍtwilight
بدرٌ بليلٍ أرانا الشمس في شفقٍ
تحتbeneath النجومthe stars ارتدىdonned ديباجbrocade قوسbow قزحQuzah (in the compound 'rainbow')
تحت النجوم ارتدى ديباج قوس قزح
a full moon by night, revealing the sun at twilight,
A full moon by night, she showed us the sun in twilight.
beneath the stars, arrayed in the rainbow’s brocade.
Beneath the stars, she donned a rainbow's brocade.
اعجبmarvel بهاat her فلكاًa firmament قدindeed زادناincreased our كلفاًinfatuation
اعجب بها فلكاً قد زادنا كلفاً
بارىrivaled الثرياthe Pleiades بثغرٍwith a mouth باسمsmiling ففضحand so put to shame
بارى الثريا بثغرٍ باسم ففضح
Marvel at her, a firmament that has deepened our infatuation;
Marvel at her—a firmament that has deepened our infatuation!
with a smiling mouth she rivaled the Pleiades and put them to shame.
She rivaled the Pleiades with a smiling mouth and put them to shame.
حَسَتshe sipped رحيقاًnectar فشمناand we glimpsed البرقthe lightning منسرباًstreaming
حَسَت رحيقاً فشمنا البرق منسرباً
فيin لجَّةdeep waters الفَجرthe dawn يهويplunges downward والصباحُand the morning وضحgrew bright
في لجَّة الفَجر يهوي والصباحُ وضح
I took it for nectar—then we caught the scent of lightning streaming
She sipped nectar, and we glimpsed lightning streaming
into dawn’s deep sea, plunging as morning blazed clear.
Into dawn's deep waters, plunging as morning grew bright.
Sol 6.1