وبكرand virgin wine شربناهاwe drank it علىamid الوردthe roses بكرةearly in the morning
وبكر شربناها على الورد بكرة
فكانتso it was لناfor us ورداa draught إلىuntil ضحوةmidmorning الغدthe next day
فكانت لنا وردا إلى ضحوة الغد
And virgin wine we drank among the roses at dawn;
And we drank virgin wine amid the roses early one morning;
it was our draught until the morrow’s late morning.
So it was our draught until midmorning the next day.
إذاwhen قامhe rose مبيضwhite اللباسthe clothing يديرهاhe passes it around
إذا قام مبيض اللباس يديرها
توهمتهyou imagined him يسعىبكمwalking with a sleeve موردrose-colored
توهمته يسعىبكم مورد
Whenever the white-clad man rose to pass it round,
When the white-clad one rose to pass it round,
I fancied him, moving among you, a guide to the watering-place.
You would imagine him walking with a rose-colored sleeve.