لاdo not تحبسنhold back الكأسَthe cup فيماamong what تحبسُyou withhold
لا تحبسن الكأسَ فيما تحبسُ
واشربand drink معتّقةًaged wine تضيءُshines وتُقبِسُand lends fire
واشرب معتّقةً تضيءُ وتُقبِسُ
Do not hold back the cup, whatever else you withhold.
And drink aged wine that shines and lends its fire.
طوتhas folded away السنينthe years فماتand died عنهاaway from it هدْرُهاits ferment's roar
طوت السنين فمات عنها هدْرُها
ونسيمُهاand its fragrant breath حيٌّalive لهاfor it متنفسُa breathing space
ونسيمُها حيٌّ لها متنفسُ
It has folded away the years; its ferment's roar has died away,
Yet its fragrant breath lives on, with room to breathe.
حياكَhas greeted you فِطركَyour fast-breaking feast بالعروسwith the bride وبالذيand with that which
حياكَ فِطركَ بالعروس وبالذي
يحكيهresembles it فيin النفحاتfragrant wafts وهوand it is النرجسthe narcissus
يحكيه في النفحات وهو النرجس
Your fast-breaking feast has greeted you with the bride and with that
Which resembles it in fragrant wafts—the narcissus.
فاشربْso drink علىwith الحسْنينthe two beauties كأساًa cup حسنهاits beauty
فاشربْ على الحسْنين كأساً حسنها
شكلa match لحسنهماfor the beauty of both وتمّand is complete المجلسthe gathering
شكل لحسنهما وتمّ المجلس
So drink with the two beauties a cup whose beauty
Matches theirs—and the gathering is complete.