وَرَقيقَةُand delicate الحُجُراتِthe edges باvisible (beginning of a split word)
وَرَقيقَةُ الحُجُراتِ با
دِيَةِvisible (remainder of the split word) القَذىmotes; sediment ذوبَmolten substance العَقيقِcarnelian
دِيَةِ القَذى ذوبَ العَقيقِ
And a wine, delicate at the edges, with visible
The softness of chambers with
Motes, like molten carnelian,
The generosity of specks melted carnelian
فيin بَردِthe coolness of كافورَcamphor الرِياthe winds (beginning of a split word)
في بَردِ كافورَ الرِيا
حِthe winds (remainder of the split word) وَحَرِّand the heat of نائِرَةَthe blaze of الحَريقِthe fire
حِ وَحَرِّ نائِرَةَ الحَريقِ
In the coolness of the winds’ camphor
In the coolness of camphorated breeze and heat of blazing fire
And the heat of a fire’s blaze;
Its chain of sips
سلسالَةsmooth and easy to drink شرباتُهاits draughts
سلسالَة شرباتُها
يَفتَحنَthey open أَفواهَthe mouths of العُروقِthe veins
يَفتَحنَ أَفواهَ العُروقِ
Smooth-flowing, its draughts
Opened the mouths of veins
Open the mouths of the veins,
Birds fed their chicks
زَقّfeeding by beak الطُيورthe birds فِراخهاtheir chicks
زَقّ الطُيور فِراخها
لِصَبوحِهاfor its morning draught أَوor لِلغَبوقِfor the evening drink
لِصَبوحِها أَو لِلغَبوقِ
As birds feed their chicks,
For their morning or for the vanishing
For its morning draught or for the evening drink.
Partial English translation: 7 of 8 Arabic lines translated.