ياO عَمرُوAmr ردَّrestore عَلىto الصُدورِthe breasts قُلوبَهاtheir hearts
يا عَمرُو ردَّ عَلى الصُدورِ قُلوبَها
مِنfrom غَيرِwithout تَقطيعٍtearing apart وَلاand no تَحريقِburning
مِن غَيرِ تَقطيعٍ وَلا تَحريقِ
O Amr, restore to the breasts their hearts,
without tearing them apart or burning them.
وَزُرِand visit الثُرَيّاthe Pleiades وَهيَand they are نَحنُwe بِكَوكَبwith a star
وَزُرِ الثُرَيّا وَهيَ نَحنُ بِكَوكَب
لَولاwere it not for العُقوقُdisloyalty لَقُلتI would have said بِالعَيّوقِwith Capella
لَولا العُقوقُ لَقُلت بِالعَيّوقِ
And visit the Pleiades—we are they—with a star;
were it not for disloyalty, I would have said, “with Capella.”
وَأَدِرand pass round عَلَيناamong us مِنfrom خِلالِكَyour virtues أَكؤُساًcups
وَأَدِر عَلَينا مِن خِلالِكَ أَكؤُساً
لَمdid not تَألُfall short تُسكِرُناintoxicate us بِغَيرِwithout رَحيقِpure wine
لَم تَألُ تُسكِرُنا بِغَيرِ رَحيقِ
And pass among us cups drawn from your virtues,
that have never failed to intoxicate us without wine.
Translation model: Sol 6.1