الغَيمُthe clouds بَينَbetween مُمَسَّكٍmusk-dark وَمُكَفَّرٍand camphor-white
الغَيمُ بَينَ مُمَسَّكٍ وَمُكَفَّرٍ
وَالرَوضُand the garden بَينَbetween مُجَدَّدٍstriped وَمُدَبَّجِand brocaded
وَالرَوضُ بَينَ مُجَدَّدٍ وَمُدَبَّجِ
The clouds are part musk-dark, part camphor-white;
And the garden, part striped, part brocaded.
فَإِذاso when شَرِبتَyou drink فَمِنthen from رَحيقٍpure wine سَلسَلٍsmooth-flowing
فَإِذا شَرِبتَ فَمِن رَحيقٍ سَلسَلٍ
وَإِذاand when رَشَفتَyou sip فَمِنthen from شَتيتٍwell-spaced in teeth أَفلَجِgap-toothed
وَإِذا رَشَفتَ فَمِن شَتيتٍ أَفلَجِ
So when you drink, it is pure, smooth-flowing wine;
And when you sip, from a mouth with well-spaced front teeth—
مِنfrom ريقِthe saliva of أَهيَفَa slender-waisted one كَالقَضيبِlike a bough مُخَضَّراًgreen
مِن ريقِ أَهيَفَ كَالقَضيبِ مُخَضَّراً
أَوor كَفَّthe hand of أَبلَجَa bright-browed one كَالصَباحِlike the morning الأَبلَجِthe radiant
أَو كَفَّ أَبلَجَ كَالصَباحِ الأَبلَجِ
From the saliva of one slender as a green bough,
Or the hand of a bright-browed one, like the radiant morning.
فَإِذاthen when جَلاhe reveals لَكَto you غُرَّةًa bright brow فيamid طَرَّةٍa fringe of hair
فَإِذا جَلا لَكَ غُرَّةً في طَرَّةٍ
أَلوىmakes off بِقَلبِكَwith your heart أَبلَجٌa white radiance فيin أَدعَجِa deep blackness
أَلوى بِقَلبِكَ أَبلَجٌ في أَدعَجِ
Then, when he reveals to you a bright brow framed by a forelock,
A white gleam amid blackness carries your heart away.
فَإِنظُرso behold عِناقَthe embrace of مُمسِكٍa musk-dark one لِمُكَفَّرٍwith a camphor-white one
فَإِنظُر عِناقَ مُمسِكٍ لِمُكَفَّرٍ
يَجلوهُreveals it حُسنَthe beauty of مُفَلَّجِa gap-toothed mouth وَمُضرَجِand a rosy cheek
يَجلوهُ حُسنَ مُفَلَّجِ وَمُضرَجِ
So behold musk-darkness embracing camphor-whiteness:
The beauty of a gap-toothed mouth and a rosy cheek reveals it.
وَإِذاand when تَعانَقَembrace each other خَدَّهُhis cheek وَعِذارُهُand his sideburn
وَإِذا تَعانَقَ خَدَّهُ وَعِذارُهُ
فَاِنظُرthen behold عِناقَthe embrace of عَقائِقٍcarnelians وَبَنَفسَجِand violets
فَاِنظُر عِناقَ عَقائِقٍ وَبَنَفسَجِ
And when his cheek and his sideburn embrace,
Then behold the embrace of carnelians and violets.