سيبقىwill endure فيكin your honor ماwhat يُهديoffers as a gift لسانيmy tongue
سيبقى فيك ما يُهدي لساني
إذاwhen فنيتare gone هداياgifts المهرجانِthe Mihragān festival
إذا فنيت هدايا المهرجانِ
What my tongue bestows upon you will endure,
What my tongue offers in your honor will endure
when Mehregan’s gifts have vanished:
When the gifts of Mihragān are gone:
قصائدُpoems تملأُfill الآفاقَthe horizons مماfrom what
قصائدُ تملأُ الآفاقَ مما
أحلَّhas permitted اللَهGod منof بسطِfree expression of اللسانِthe tongue
أحلَّ اللَه من بسطِ اللسانِ
poems that fill the horizons with what
Poems that fill the horizons, drawn from what
God has allowed the tongue freely to express.
God has allowed the tongue to express freely.
بهاwith them ينفيdrives away الكرىsleep السارونَnight travelers عنهمذfrom them (final ذ unclear)
بها ينفي الكرى السارونَ عنهمذ
ويلهوand finds amusement الشربُthe drinkers عنaway from وترِthe string of القيانِthe singing slave girls
ويلهو الشربُ عن وترِ القيانِ
Through them, night travelers drive drowsiness away,
With them, night travelers drive sleep away from themselves,
and wine-companions forget the singing-girls’ strings.
And drinkers are diverted from the singing slave girls’ strings.
