وقَنَانٍ زَوَاهِرٍ هُنَّ بالشّمْ

وقَنَانٍ زَوَاهِرٍ هُنَّ بالشّمْ

سِ مِنَ الشّمْسِ بالقَلائِدِ أَحْكَى

سِ مِنَ الشّمْسِ بالقَلائِدِ أَحْكَى

And radiant bottles, resembling the sun—

With jars of radiant pearls are they adorned

With their necklaces, more closely than the sun itself.

By necklaces more brilliant than the sun's rays

يَتَبَسّمْنَ قائِمَاتٍ صُفُوفاً

يَتَبَسّمْنَ قائِمَاتٍ صُفُوفاً

فإذا ما رَكَعْنَ قَهْقَهْنَ ضِحْكا

فإذا ما رَكَعْنَ قَهْقَهْنَ ضِحْكا

They smile as they stand in rows;

In rows stand smiling maidens fair of form

Then, when they bow, they laugh uproariously.

Who, bending low, break into peals of mirth

قُلْتُ خُذْها وعاطِنِيها سلافاً

قُلْتُ خُذْها وعاطِنِيها سلافاً

ذَهَباً في الزّجَاجِ يُسْبَكُ سَبْكا

ذَهَباً في الزّجَاجِ يُسْبَكُ سَبْكا

I said, “Take it and pass it to me, pure wine—

"Take them," I said, "and give me their ransom

Gold, cast within the glass.”

Gold to be molten in glass and cast anew"