وروضةٍand a garden ملأfilled الأكياسthe clever men كأسهمtheir cup
وروضةٍ ملأ الأكياس كأسهم
فيهاin it وكمand how many أفرغواthey emptied فيin ذاكthat أكياساpurses
فيها وكم أفرغوا في ذاك أكياسا
And a garden—the clever men filled their cup
In a garden whose cups they filled to the brim
within it; and how many purses they emptied in doing so!
There they poured so many cups
غصونهاits branches منfrom سلافاتpure wines النسيمthe breeze غدتbecame
غصونها من سلافات النسيم غدت
تميلsway سكراًin drunkenness ولمand did not ترفعraise لهاfor themselves راساa head
تميل سكراً ولم ترفع لها راسا
Its branches, from the breeze’s pure wines, came
Its branches, caressed by the zephyr's touch
to sway drunkenly, and never lifted their heads.
Sway tipsily, though no head did they raise