هاتbring فيat غُرَّةِthe beginning of المحرَّMuharra- (first part of Muharram)
هات في غُرَّةِ المحرَّ
مِ-m (completes Muharram) عينَthe very essence of المحرَّمِthe forbidden thing
مِ عينَ المحرَّمِ
Bring, at the beginning of Muharra-
Bring me in the heat of the fever
m, the very thing forbidden.
A drink from the forbidden fountain
واسقنيand give me to drink الكأسَthe cup قدmay أُشَبِّI liken (continued)
واسقني الكأسَ قد أُشَبِّ
ههاcompletion of “liken” + “it” فيin توهُّميmy imagination
هها في توهُّمي
And give me the cup to drink; I may liken
And pass me the cup that I may quench
it, in my imagination,
My fancy in make-believe
بنسيمٍto a breeze معقَّدٍknotted
بنسيمٍ معقَّدٍ
فيin هواءٍair مُجَسَّمِgiven solid form
في هواءٍ مُجَسَّمِ
to a knotted breeze
With an intricate breeze
in air given solid form.
In embodied air