سَقِّنِهاgive it to me to drink منfrom عَصيرjuice الْthe (article continued)
سَقِّنِها من عَصير الْ
حُسْنِbeauty بالطَّرْفthrough the gaze الكَحيلkohl-dark
حُسْنِ بالطَّرْف الكَحيل
Pour it for me from the juice of
Quench me with the juice of beauty from your languishing eyes,
beauty, through the kohl-dark gaze—
Not the juice of vines or date palm or daughter of bees.
لاnot عَصيرjuice الكَرْمِthe grapevines والنَّخْand the date palms (word continued)
لا عَصير الكَرْمِ والنَّخْ
لِcompletion of 'date palms' ولاand not بنْتdaughter العُسولhoney
لِ ولا بنْت العُسول
not the juice of grapevines or date-
Drinking relaxation from your cheeks is my hope and passion.
palms, nor the daughter of honey.
Coffee brewed in the garden of your smooth cheek.
إنindeed شُرْبَdrinking الراحِwine منfrom ثغmouth (word continued)
إن شُرْبَ الراحِ من ثغ
رِكcompletion of 'mouth' with 'your' مأموليmy hope وسُوليand my desire
رِك مأمولي وسُولي
Indeed, drinking wine from your
It was hidden from you, so my curiosity awoke it.
mouth is my hope and my desire:
I have no veils for it but the coquetry of the virgins.
قهوةًwine كَرْمَتُهاits grapevine فيin
قهوةً كَرْمَتُها في
روضةgarden الخدّthe cheek الأَسيلsmooth
روضة الخدّ الأَسيل
a wine whose vine is in
the garden of the smooth cheek.
سُترتْit was concealed عنكمْfrom you (plural) فنبهso drew attention (verb continued)
سُترتْ عنكمْ فنبه
تُI (verb ending) عليهاto it بفُضوليthrough my meddling
تُ عليها بفُضولي
It was hidden from you, so I drew
attention to it through my meddling.
ليسthere is not ليfor me منهاfrom it خُمارa hangover
ليس لي منها خُمار
غَيْرُexcept تَفْنِيدِaccusing of folly العَذولِthe faultfinder
غَيْرُ تَفْنِيدِ العَذولِ
I have no hangover from it
save the faultfinder's charges of folly.
Partial English translation: 6 of 12 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1