ياAh رُبَّmany a بَيتٍa house بِالجَزيin al-Jazī- (continued)
يا رُبَّ بَيتٍ بِالجَزي
رَةِ-ra (completing al-Jazīra) بِتُّI spent the night أَعمُرُenlivening بَيتَthe chamber of عُمرِهits monastery
رَةِ بِتُّ أَعمُرُ بَيتَ عُمرِه
Ah, many a house in al-Jazī—
ra, where I spent the night enlivening its monastery’s chamber
بِمَدامَةٍwith wine وافىcame بِهاwith it
بِمَدامَةٍ وافى بِها
رُشأٌa gazelle قِلادَتُهُhis necklace كَثَغرِهlike his teeth
رُشأٌ قِلادَتُهُ كَثَغرِه
with wine brought by
a gazelle whose necklace resembled his teeth.
فَشَرَبتُهاso I drank it فيin جُرعَةٍa draught
فَشَرَبتُها في جُرعَةٍ
حَتّىuntil بَداappeared ياقوتُthe ruby of فَجرِهits dawn
حَتّى بَدا ياقوتُ فَجرِه
So I drank it in a single draught,
until the ruby of its dawn appeared.
Sol 6.1