أرض من العقيان
في صورة الطيلسان
A ground of pure gold,
A land of pure gold,
in the form of a hooded mantle;
in the shape of a shawl.
الشكل شكل رداء
والنقش نقش الصواني
its shape, the shape of a robe,
Its shape is that of a cloak,
its engraving, that of fine trays.
and its engraving that of trays.
بها ثلاث ركايا
حقت بها بيران
Within it are three little wells;
In it are three wells,
two truly merit the name.
with two wells encircling it.
ففي الركايا ثلاث
رحب ومخنوقتان
Of the three receptacles,
So in the wells are three vessels:
one is wide and two are narrow-necked,
one broad and two narrow-necked,
من الزجاج القد
يم المستعمل المرواني
made of ancient glass,
made of old glass,
of the kind once used by the Marwanids.
the Marwanid kind in use.
وكلهن ملاء
بالسعد والاشنان
All of them are filled
And all of them are full
with sweet rush and cleansing ushnan,
of aromatic sedge and cleansing herb,
والمجلب المتروي
من طيب الادهان
and an imported blend steeped
and the imported preparation, steeped
in fragrant oils.
in the fragrance of oils.
وفي القليبين أيضا
زها خلال الرهان
And in the two little wells as well,
And in the two wells, too,
there flourished, amid their rivalry,
the toothpicks 'of the wagers' gleamed:
حور بن لا لشنان
أسرعن لا لطعان
fair maidens who departed without rancor—
fair maidens who emerged, not out of hatred,
they hastened, but not to joust with spears.
who hastened, not for spear-fighting.
نوع عراض تحاكي
مضارب العيدان
One sort is broad, resembling
One kind is broad, resembling
the plectra of lutes;
the plectra of lutes;
وآخر ذو انخذال
في دقة السامان
another gracefully droops,
and another is pliant,
slender as jasmine.
with the fineness of sāmān.
ففي ولاية هذي
الألوان عز الخوان
Under the dominion of these
Thus, under the rule of these
varieties lies the banquet-table’s glory.
colors lies the dining table's glory.
Sol 6.1