ياAh رُبَّmany a ذاتِa woman wearing قَلائِدٍnecklaces نازَعتُهاI drank with her
يا رُبَّ ذاتِ قَلائِدٍ نازَعتُها
راحاًwine لَهاit has حَبَبٌbubbles كَسَلخِlike the shed skin of الأَرقَمِthe speckled serpent
راحاً لَها حَبَبٌ كَسَلخِ الأَرقَمِ
Ah, with many a necklace-wearing beauty have I shared
Ah, many a necklace-wearing woman have I joined in drinking
wine, its bubbles like the slough of the speckled serpent,
wine whose bubbles were like a speckled serpent's shed skin,
وَالبَدرُand the full moon فيin أُفقِthe horizon of السَماءِthe sky كَدِرهَمٍlike a dirham
وَالبَدرُ في أُفقِ السَماءِ كَدِرهَمٍ
أَوor غُرَّةٍa white forehead blaze ماan emphatic particle بَينَbetween عَينَيthe two eyes of أَدهَمِa black horse
أَو غُرَّةٍ ما بَينَ عَينَي أَدهَمِ
while the full moon on the sky’s horizon was like a dirham,
while the full moon on the sky's horizon was like a dirham,
or a white blaze between the eyes of a jet-black horse—
or a white blaze between a black horse's eyes,
حَتّىuntil بَداappeared وَجهُthe face of الصَباحِmorning كَأَنَّهُas though it were
حَتّى بَدا وَجهُ الصَباحِ كَأَنَّهُ
صَفحُthe forgiveness of الصَديقِthe friend عَنِfor الصَديقِthe friend المَجرِمِthe offending one
صَفحُ الصَديقِ عَنِ الصَديقِ المَجرِمِ
until the face of dawn appeared as though it were
until the face of morning appeared, as though it were
a friend’s forgiveness of his friend who had done wrong.
a friend's forgiveness of an erring friend.
Sol 6.1