أنِسْناwe took delight يومon the day of مَغْدَاناour morning outing
أنِسْنا يوم مَغْدَانا
علىamid النِسْرينthe eglantine والوَرْدِand the roses
على النِسْرين والوَرْدِ
We took delight on the day of our morning outing
We were delighted one morning,
amid eglantine and roses.
Among jasmine and roses,
وقدand indeed أومضَflashed منfrom ثغرmouth
وقد أومضَ من ثغر
كyour (suffix completing 'your mouth') ليfor me برقlightning بلاwithout رَعدthunder
ك لي برق بلا رَعد
And from your mouth there flashed
When your lips flashed to me
for me lightning without thunder—
Lightning without thunder.
بروقlightning flashes غَيْمُهاtheir cloud منكfrom you
بروق غَيْمُها منك
فُرُقُparted locks الشعَرِthe hair الجَعْدِcurly
فُرُقُ الشعَرِ الجَعْدِ
flashes whose clouds are your
Lightning whose clouds are from you,
parted locks of curly hair.
Strands of wavy hair.
وغصنand the bough of القدّthe figure قدalready أثمbore fruit (first part of أثمر)
وغصن القدّ قد أثم
رِcompletion of أثمر ('bore fruit') رُمَّاناpomegranates منfrom النهدthe breast
رِ رُمَّانا من النهد
And the bough of your figure had borne
The branch of the slender form has sinned
pomegranates from your breast.
Pomegranating from the breast.
فماso not زلناwe ceased (with ما: kept on) نُسَقَّيwe were given to drink الخمthe wine (first part of الخمر)
فما زلنا نُسَقَّي الخم
رَcompletion of الخمر ('wine') منfrom عينيكyour two eyes والخدّand the cheek
رَ من عينيك والخدّ
And we kept being served wine
So we continued irrigating the vine
from your eyes and cheek,
From your eyes and cheek,
إلىuntil أنthat أقبلcame الصبحthe dawn
إلى أن أقبل الصبح
كعُرْفlike the mane of الفَرسthe horse الوَرْدreddish (of a horse)
كعُرْف الفَرس الوَرْد
until dawn came,
Until dawn approached
like the mane of a reddish horse.
Like a pink horse.
Sol 6.1