وَسَاقٍand a cupbearer حَكَىresembled البَدْرthe full moon وَالغُصْنand the bough لِيto me
وَسَاقٍ حَكَى البَدْر وَالغُصْن لِي
فَذَاso this one بِالتَّمامِin fullness وَذَاand that one بِالقَوامْin graceful stature
فَذَا بِالتَّمامِ وَذَا بِالقَوامْ
And a cupbearer who seemed to me like the full moon and the bough—
The full moon and the branch narrated to me,
the former in fullness, and the latter in graceful stature.
Of this in full and that in elegance.
سَقَانيhe gave me to drink بِكأْسَيْنِfrom two cups فيat مَجْلِسٍa gathering
سَقَاني بِكأْسَيْنِ في مَجْلِسٍ
بِكأسِfrom a cup of المُدامِwine وَكأسِand a cup of الغَرامْpassionate love
بِكأسِ المُدامِ وَكأسِ الغَرامْ
He gave me drink from two cups at a gathering:
He gave me two cups in a sitting,
a cup of wine and a cup of passionate love.
The cup of wine and the cup of passion.
بَطِيءِslow الإِفَاقَةِsobering up مِثْلِيlike me وَقَدْand already
بَطِيءِ الإِفَاقَةِ مِثْلِي وَقَدْ
شَرِبْتُI drank المُدَامَيْنِthe two wines شُرْبَthe drinking of اغْتِنامْseizing an opportunity
شَرِبْتُ المُدَامَيْنِ شُرْبَ اغْتِنامْ
Slow to sober, like me, while I had
Slow to recover like me, as I had
drunk both wines, seizing the chance.
Drunk the two wines in seizing the moment.