وَساقِيَةٍand a female cupbearer قَدindeed زَهاsurpassed ريقُهاher saliva
وَساقِيَةٍ قَد زَها ريقُها
عَلىover ماwhat أَراقَتهُshe poured it out فيinto كاسِهاher cup
عَلى ما أَراقَتهُ في كاسِها
And a cupbearer whose saliva surpassed
A cup whose moisture glistens
what she poured into her cup.
From what it pours into its goblet
إِذاwhen الجانُthe serpent ornament وَالتاجُand the crown صيغاthe two were fashioned لَهاfor her
إِذا الجانُ وَالتاجُ صيغا لَها
وَلاحاand the two gleamed عَلَيهِupon it لِجُلّاسِهاfor her seated companions
وَلاحا عَلَيهِ لِجُلّاسِها
When the serpent ornament and crown were fashioned for her,
When the gems and crown are fashioned for it
and both gleamed upon it before her companions,
And gleam upon it for its washer
حَسِبتَyou thought الهِلالَthe crescent moon عَلىupon نَحرِهاher throat
حَسِبتَ الهِلالَ عَلى نَحرِها
وَخِلتَand you imagined الثُرَيّاthe Pleiades عَلىupon راسِهاher head
وَخِلتَ الثُرَيّا عَلى راسِها
you thought the crescent moon lay upon her throat,
You'd think the crescent moon was at its throat
and imagined the Pleiades upon her head.
With the Pleiades upon its head
Sol 6.1