إِصدَعshatter نَجِيَّthe secret whispering of الهُمومِcares بِالطَربِwith merriment
إِصدَع نَجِيَّ الهُمومِ بِالطَربِ
وَاِنعَمand take your pleasure عَلىthroughout الدَهرِtime بِاِبنَةِin the daughter of العِنَبِthe grape
وَاِنعَم عَلى الدَهرِ بِاِبنَةِ العِنَبِ
Shatter the whispering of cares with merriment.
And delight, throughout your days, in the daughter of the grape.
وَاِستَقبِلِand welcome العَيشَlife فيin غَضارَتِهِits freshness
وَاِستَقبِلِ العَيشَ في غَضارَتِهِ
لاdo not تَقفُfollow مِنهُfrom it آثارَthe tracks of مُعتَقِبِone who comes after
لا تَقفُ مِنهُ آثارَ مُعتَقِبِ
And welcome life in its freshness;
Do not follow in it the tracks of one who comes after.
مِنfrom قَهوَةٍwine زانَهاadorned it تَقادُمُهاits long aging
مِن قَهوَةٍ زانَها تَقادُمُها
فَهيَfor she is عَجوزٌan old woman تَعلوrises عَلىabove الحقبِthe ages
فَهيَ عَجوزٌ تَعلو عَلى الحقبِ
From a wine adorned by its long aging,
For she is an old woman who rises above the ages,
أَشهىmore desirable إِلىto الشربِthe drinkers يَومَon the day of جَلوَتَهاher unveiling
أَشهى إِلى الشربِ يَومَ جَلوَتَها
مِنَthan الفَتاةِthe maiden الكَريمَةِnoble النَسَبِin lineage
مِنَ الفَتاةِ الكَريمَةِ النَسَبِ
More desirable to the drinkers on the day of her unveiling
Than a maiden of noble lineage.
فَقَدfor indeed تَجَلَّتshe has shone forth وَرَقَّand has grown delicate جَوهَرُهاher substance
فَقَد تَجَلَّت وَرَقَّ جَوهَرُها
حَتّىuntil تَبَدَّتshe appeared فيin مَنظَرٍan appearance عَجَبِwondrous
حَتّى تَبَدَّت في مَنظَرٍ عَجَبِ
For she has shone forth, and her substance has grown delicate,
Until she appeared as a wondrous sight.
فَهيَfor she is بِغَيرِwithout المِزاجِadmixture مِنof شَرَرٍsparks
فَهيَ بِغَيرِ المِزاجِ مِن شَرَرٍ
وَهِيَand she is لَدىat the time of المَزجِmixing سائِلُliquid الذَهَبِgold
وَهِيَ لَدى المَزجِ سائِلُ الذَهَبِ
For, unmixed, she is made of sparks;
And when mixed, she is liquid gold.
كَأَنَّهاas though she were فيin زُجاجِهاher glass قَبَسٌa firebrand
كَأَنَّها في زُجاجِها قَبَسٌ
تَذكوblazes ضِياءًwith light فيin عَينِthe eye of مُرتَقِبِa watcher
تَذكو ضِياءً في عَينِ مُرتَقِبِ
As though she were a firebrand within her glass,
Blazing with light in a watcher's eye.
فيamong فِتيَةٍyoung men مِنof بَنيthe sons of أُمَيَّةَUmayya أَهْpeople (first part of a split word)
في فِتيَةٍ مِن بَني أُمَيَّةَ أَهْ
لِcompletion of 'people of' المَجدِglory وَالمُأثِراتِand illustrious deeds وَالحَسَبِand ancestral honor
لِ المَجدِ وَالمُأثِراتِ وَالحَسَبِ
Among young men of the sons of Umayya, people
of glory, illustrious deeds, and ancestral honor.
ماthere is no فيamong الوَرىhumankind مِثلُهُمtheir equal وَلاnor فيهِمُamong them
ما في الوَرى مِثلُهُم وَلا فيهِمُ
مِثليmy equal وَلاnor مُنتَمٍone tracing his descent لِمِثلِto the like of أَبيmy father
مِثلي وَلا مُنتَمٍ لِمِثلِ أَبي
No one among humankind is their equal, nor among them
Is there my equal, nor anyone descended from a father like mine.
Sol 6.1