وكأسٍand a cup وندمانand a drinking companion وساقٍand a cupbearer وقيْنةand a singing girl
وكأسٍ وندمان وساقٍ وقيْنة
أقمتُI established بهمwith them رسْمَthe rite of السرورjoy المعجَّلِimmediate
أقمتُ بهم رسْمَ السرور المعجَّلِ
And a cup, a drinking companion, a cupbearer, and a singing girl—
With a cup, a drunkard, a leg, and a lute
With them I celebrated the rites of immediate joy,
I composed the portrait of hastened bliss
لدىat ظلِّthe shade of أغصانboughs تساقطfell نَوْرهاtheir blossoms
لدى ظلِّ أغصان تساقط نَوْرها
بتجميشِthrough the playful caressing of أنفاسِthe breaths of الصَباthe east wind فوقabove جدولِa stream
بتجميشِ أنفاسِ الصَبا فوق جدولِ
In the shade of boughs whose blossoms fell
In the shade of branches whose light had fallen
At the playful caress of the east wind’s breaths, above a stream,
With the murmuring of the morning breeze above a stream
تساقطthe falling of وشْيٍembroidery عبقريّexquisite مكفّرcamphor-scented
تساقط وشْيٍ عبقريّ مكفّر
يُغللis anointed with ghāliyah perfume فيin أقطارthe edges of ثوبٍa robe مُصَنْدَلِsandalwood-scented
يُغلل في أقطار ثوبٍ مُصَنْدَلِ
Like the fall of exquisite, camphor-scented embroidery,
The shedding of an aromatic, expiating rain
Anointed with rich perfume along the edges of a sandalwood-scented robe.
Spreading over the edges of an embroidered robe