اشِربdrink علىto وردroses الخدوthe cheeks (word continues)
اشِرب على ورد الخدو
د(completes “the cheeks”) وحسنِand the beauty of رُمَّانpomegranates النهودِthe breasts
د وحسنِ رُمَّان النهودِ
Drink to the roses of the cheeks
Drink upon the rose of the cheeks,
and the beauty of pomegranate breasts.
And the beauty of pomegranate breasts,
حتىuntil إذاwhen مالmade sway الشراthe wine (word continues)
حتى إذا مال الشرا
بُ(completes “the wine”) بِلينِwith the suppleness of قضبانِbranches القُدودthe figures
بُ بِلينِ قضبانِ القُدود
Until, when the wine has swayed
Until when the wine
the supple branches of slender forms,
Bends with the softness of rod-like wrists,
فاشْفِthen heal فؤادكyour heart بالتيwith that which
فاشْفِ فؤادك بالتي
تطفِيquenches حراراتburning heats الكُبودthe livers
تطفِي حرارات الكُبود
then heal your heart with that which
Then heal your heart with her
quenches the livers’ burning heat.
Who extinguishes the heat of sorrow,
وارشُفand sip ثناياfront teeth نظْمُهاtheir arrangement
وارشُف ثنايا نظْمُها
أزرىput to shame علىin comparison with نظمthe stringing of العُقُودthe necklaces
أزرى على نظم العُقُود
And sip from front teeth whose arrangement
And sip the folds of her poetry,
puts the stringing of necklaces to shame.
More subtle than the poetry of necklaces,
وأنعمand delight بوصلِin union with مُقْرطَقٍone clad in a short tunic
وأنعم بوصلِ مُقْرطَقٍ
مَزجmingled المودَّةaffection بالصدودِwith rejection
مَزج المودَّة بالصدودِ
And delight in union with one clad in a short tunic,
And delight in the union of a slender one
who mingled affection with rejection.
Who mixes affection with aloofness.
Sol 6.1