وبدرٍand a full moon غيرِnot مَمْحوقِwaned
وبدرٍ غيرِ مَمْحوقِ
منَfrom العِقْيانِpure gold مخْلوقِfashioned
منَ العِقْيانِ مخْلوقِ
And a full moon that never wanes,
With an uncrushed full moon
fashioned from pure gold.
Created from passion
إذاwhen أُسْقيتُI was given to drink فضلَتَهُhis leavings
إذا أُسْقيتُ فضلَتَهُ
مزجْتُI mingled بريقِهِwith his saliva ريقيmy saliva
مزجْتُ بريقِهِ ريقي
When I was given his leavings to drink,
When I'm given its remains
I mingled my saliva with his.
I mix its saliva with my saliva
فياso, O لكَto you عاشقاًa lover يُسْقىis given to drink
فيا لكَ عاشقاً يُسْقى
بقيَّةَthe remainder كاسِcup مَعْشوقِa beloved
بقيَّةَ كاسِ مَعْشوقِ
So, what a lover you are, given to drink
Oh, for a lover who drinks
the remainder of a beloved's cup!
The rest of the beloved's cup
بكيتُI wept لنأيِهِfor his distance عنِّيfrom me
بكيتُ لنأيِهِ عنِّي
ولاand not أبكيI weep بتشْهيقِwith gasping sobs
ولا أبكي بتشْهيقِ
I wept at his departure from me—
I've cried for his distance from me
and I do not weep with gasping sobs—
Yet I don't cry with yearning
لمنزلةٍto a station بِهاin it الأَفلاthe celestial spheres (first part)
لمنزلةٍ بِها الأَفلا
كُcompletes 'the celestial spheres' أَمثالُlike المهاريقِparchment sheets
كُ أَمثالُ المهاريقِ
to a station where the celestial
For a status in which stars
spheres are like sheets of parchment.
Are like weathervanes