نِعمُblessings اللَّهِof God ياO ابنَson of عَبدِAbd (servant of) اللَّهِAllah (God)
نِعمُ اللَّهِ يا ابنَ عَبدِ اللَّهِ
فيin المَلاهيpleasures فَدِنso adhere بِدينِto the creed of المَلاهيpleasures
في المَلاهي فَدِن بِدينِ المَلاهي
God's blessings, O son of Abd Allah,
O blessings of Allah, O son of Abdullah
are in pleasures; so adhere to the creed of pleasures.
In pleasures, come closer with the religion of pleasures
واسقنيهاand give it to me to drink حَمراءَred إنif وَصَفُوهاthey describe it
واسقنيها حَمراءَ إن وَصَفُوها
وتَناهَواand reach the utmost فَحظُّهمthen their share فيin التَّناهيreaching the utmost
وتَناهَوا فَحظُّهم في التَّناهي
And pour it for me red; if they describe it
Serve it to me red, if they attribute it
and reach the utmost, their share lies in reaching the utmost.
And they covet, so their lot is in coveting
وترشّفand sip أفواهَthe mouths of تلكَthose الأباريthe ewers (continued next line)
وترشّف أفواهَ تلكَ الأباري
قِcompletion of 'ewers' فَتِلكَfor those الأفواهُmouths كالأَفواهِlike mouths
قِ فَتِلكَ الأفواهُ كالأَفواهِ
And sip from the mouths of those ewers—
And sip, those mouths of the innocent ones
for those mouths are like mouths.
Say, those mouths are like the mouths