إبريقناour ewer عاكفbent over علىover قدحa cup
إبريقنا عاكف على قدح
تخالهyou imagine it الأمthe mother ترضعshe suckles الولداthe child
تخاله الأم ترضع الولدا
Our ewer is bent over a cup;
Our pitcher leaned over a goblet
You would take it for a mother suckling her child,
As if it were a mother nursing her child
أوor عابداa worshipper منamong بنيthe sons of المجوسthe Magians إذاwhen
أو عابدا من بني المجوس إذا
توهمhe imagines الكأسthe cup شعلةa flame سجداhe prostrates himself
توهم الكأس شعلة سجدا
Or a worshipper among the Magians who, when
Or a Magian worshipper when
He imagines the cup a flame, falls prostrate.
He imagines the chalice is a flame, bowing in worship