حَمراءُred (wine) إِذwhen ماemphatic particle نَديميmy drinking companion قامَhe rose يَكرَعُهاhe quaffs it
حَمراءُ إِذ ما نَديمي قامَ يَكرَعُها
أخشَىI fear عَلَيهِfor him منfrom اللاَلأءِthe brilliance يحتَرقُhe burns
أخشَى عَلَيهِ من اللاَلأءِ يحتَرقُ
Red wine—whenever my drinking companion rises to quaff it,
I fear for him, lest he burn from its brilliance.
لوif رامَhe sought يَحِلفُto swear أَنَّthat الشَّمسَthe sun ماnot غَرَبتhad set
لو رامَ يَحِلفُ أَنَّ الشَّمسَ ما غَرَبت
فيin فيهhis mouth كَذَّبهُwould belie him منfrom وَجههِhis face الشَّفقُthe twilight glow
في فيه كَذَّبهُ من وَجههِ الشَّفقُ
Were he to swear that the sun had not set
In his mouth, the twilight glow upon his face would belie him.
Sol 6.1