ياO مِسكَةَmainstay العُشّاقِof lovers مِسكُthe musk الدُجىof night
يا مِسكَةَ العُشّاقِ مِسكُ الدُجى
قَدalready رُدَّwas returned فيinto نافِجَةِthe musk-pod الغَربِof the West
قَد رُدَّ في نافِجَةِ الغَربِ
O mainstay of lovers, the musk of night
Has been returned to the West’s musk-pod.
وَجونَةُand the perfume-casket الشَرقِof the East لِكافورِهاof its camphor
وَجونَةُ الشَرقِ لِكافورِها
ناثِرَةٌscattering فيamid عَنبَرِthe ambergris التُربِof the earth
ناثِرَةٌ في عَنبَرِ التُربِ
And from the East’s perfume-casket, its camphor
Is strewn amid the ambergris of the earth.
فَأَذهِبِso banish الهَمَّcare بِمَشمولَةٍwith north-wind-cooled wine
فَأَذهِبِ الهَمَّ بِمَشمولَةٍ
كَمِثلِjust like ذَوبِthe melt الذَهَبِof gold الرَطبِliquid
كَمِثلِ ذَوبِ الذَهَبِ الرَطبِ
So banish care with wine cooled by the north wind,
Like molten, liquid gold.
فَالماءُfor the water قَدalready خَدَّدَfurrowed بَلَّورَهُits crystal
فَالماءُ قَد خَدَّدَ بَلَّورَهُ
ماwhat نَثَرَتهُhas scattered it فَضَّةُthe silver السُحبِof the clouds
ما نَثَرَتهُ فَضَّةُ السُحبِ
For the water’s crystal has been furrowed
By what the silver of the clouds has scattered.
Sol 6.1