وكأسٍand a cup تُعيدturns العسرhardship يسراinto ease وتجتنيand gathers
وكأسٍ تُعيد العسر يسرا وتجتني
ثمارَthe fruits الغِنىof wealth للشَرْبfor the drinkers منfrom شجرthe trees الفقرِof poverty
ثمارَ الغِنى للشَرْب من شجر الفقرِ
And a cup that turns hardship into ease and gathers
A cup that turns hardship into ease, and reaps
the fruits of wealth for the drinkers from poverty's trees.
The fruits of wealth for drinking from the tree of poverty
كأنّas though بياضthe whiteness الكأسof the cup فوقabove احمرارهاits redness
كأنّ بياض الكأس فوق احمرارها
سماءٌa sky منof الكافورcamphor ذُرَّتwas sprinkled علىover جمرembers
سماءٌ من الكافور ذُرَّت على جمر
As though the cup's whiteness above its redness
As if the whiteness of the cup above its redness
were a sky of camphor sprinkled over embers.
Is a sky of camphor sprinkled over embers
إذاwhen احتثَّهاhe hastens it along الساقيthe cupbearer الأغنّthe sweet, nasal-voiced one حسبتهاI imagined it
إذا احتثَّها الساقي الأغنّ حسبتها
نجومthe stars الثريّاof the Pleiades لُحْنَthey gleamed فيin راحةthe palm البدرof the full moon
نجوم الثريّا لُحْنَ في راحة البدر
When the sweet-voiced cupbearer hastens it along, I imagine it as
When the rich cupbearer shakes it, you would think it
the Pleiades' stars, gleaming in the full moon's palm.
The stars of Pleiades singing in the palm of the full moon
يولِّدbegets فيهاwithin it المزجُthe mixing دُرّاًpearls منضّداarrayed in rows
يولِّد فيها المزجُ دُرّاً منضّدا
كماjust as كُتبتwere inscribed فوقupon الثرىthe soil نُقَطُdots القَطْرof rain
كما كُتبت فوق الثرى نُقَطُ القَطْر
Mixing begets within it pearls arrayed in rows,
The blending inside creates integrated pearls
as dots of rain are inscribed upon the soil:
As drops of rain were written above the soil
صِغاراsmall ones وكبرىand large ones فيin الكؤوسthe cups كأنهاas though they were
صِغارا وكبرى في الكؤوس كأنها
علىupon الراحthe wine واواتwāw letters (و) تجمّعنthey gathered فيin سطرa line
على الراح واوات تجمّعن في سطر
small and large within the cups, as though they were
Small and large in cups as if they
wāw letters gathered in a line upon the wine.
Were dots gathered in a line upon the wind
صبحتُI served a morning draught بهاwith it صحبيmy companions وقدand already رُنْدِجwas dyed الدُجَىthe darkness
صبحتُ بها صحبي وقد رُنْدِج الدُجَى
بفضَةwith silver لألاءthe radiance الصباحof morning منfrom الفجرthe dawn
بفضَة لألاء الصباح من الفجر
I served my companions a morning draught of it, while the darkness had been dyed
I kept company with my friends at dawn, when the darkness dispersed,
with the silver of morning's radiance from the dawn;
With the silver glimmer of dawn from the morning
وقدand already زهرتْshone forth بِيضwhite النجومthe stars كأنّهاas though they were
وقد زهرتْ بِيض النجوم كأنّها
علىupon الأفُقthe horizon الأعلىthe uppermost قلائدnecklaces منof درّpearls
على الأفُق الأعلى قلائد من درّ
and the white stars shone forth, as though they were
And the whiteness of the stars blossomed as if they
necklaces of pearls upon the uppermost horizon.
Were necklaces of pearls upon the highest horizon
Sol 6.1