وأبيض اللون أودعناه صافية

وأبيض اللون أودعناه صافية

تذيع ما استخفيت فيه وتبديه

تذيع ما استخفيت فيه وتبديه

And a white-hued one we lodged in a limpid vessel,

And a white-hued one—we entrusted it with clear wine,

which divulges what you concealed within and displays it.

Which reveals what you concealed within it and lays it bare.

كأنه برد صاغ الهواء له

كأنه برد صاغ الهواء له

من ريق القطر أكنانا توقيه

من ريق القطر أكنانا توقيه

As though it were hail, for which the air had fashioned

As though it were hail, for which the air fashioned

from the rain’s saliva, shrouds to shelter it.

Shelters from the rain’s spittle to protect it.