وسلافand choice wine كالتبرlike pure gold أذكىmore fragrant منthan المthe opening fragment of المسك (“musk”), divided by the line break
وسلاف كالتبر أذكى من الم
سكthe concluding fragment of المسك (“musk”), divided by the line break وأصفىand purer or clearer صبغىin hue or color منthan الزعفرانsaffron
سك وأصفى صبغى من الزعفران
And choice wine, like gold, more fragrant than mu—
—sk, and purer in hue than saffron;
وكأنand as though اليدthe hand التيthat; which تحتويهاholds or contains it—the wine
وكأن اليد التي تحتويها
منof; made from صبيبa molten outpouring; poured metal العقيانpure gold فيin; within دستبانa glove
من صبيب العقيان في دستبان
and as though the hand that holds it were
poured of pure gold within a glove.