قَدalready حانَthe time has come أَنto نَطرِقَwe call at الحاناتِthe taverns فيin السَحَرِthe hours before dawn
قَد حانَ أَن نَطرِقَ الحاناتِ في السَحَرِ
وَنَأَخُذُand we take الشَمسَthe sun فيهاin them مِنfrom يَدِhand القَمَرِthe moon
وَنَأَخُذُ الشَمسَ فيها مِن يَدِ القَمَرِ
The time has come to call at the taverns before dawn,
The time has come for us to roam the taverns at dawn
and take the sun there from the moon's hand.
And take the sun from the moon’s hand within them
بَكرٌvirgin wine تَطوفُshe goes round بِهاwith it بَكَرٌa maiden مُزَنَّرَةٌwearing a girdle
بَكرٌ تَطوفُ بِها بَكَرٌ مُزَنَّرَةٌ
أَسيافُswords أَلحاظِهاher glances أَمضىsharper مِنَthan القَدَرِfate
أَسيافُ أَلحاظِها أَمضى مِنَ القَدَرِ
Virgin wine, carried round by a girdled maiden,
At daybreak, maidens circle around
the swords of her glances sharper than fate.
Whose glances’ swords are sharper than destiny
حَتّىuntil إِذاwhen مَزَجَتهاshe mixed it فيin زُجاجَتِهاits glass
حَتّى إِذا مَزَجَتها في زُجاجَتِها
كانَتit was كَياقوتَةٍlike a ruby تَفتَرُّit smiles عَنto reveal دُرَرِpearls
كانَت كَياقوتَةٍ تَفتَرُّ عَن دُرَرِ
Until, when she mixed it in its glass,
Until when she has mixed it in her bottle
it was like a ruby smiling to reveal pearls.
It becomes a ruby that sheds its pearls
Sol 6.1