وفتيةand young men لمdid not يزالواcease طولthroughout يومهمtheir day
وفتية لم يزالوا طول يومهم
فيin ظلthe shade of رمانةa pomegranate tree قدalready مدspread أستارهits curtains
في ظل رمانة قد مد أستاره
And young men who remained the whole of their day
In a pomegranate tree’s shade, its curtains spread.
ياoh حسنهits beauty وهبوبand the blowing of الريحthe wind تعطفهbends it
يا حسنه وهبوب الريح تعطفه
وكلand every غصنbranch لهof it قدindeed كانwas نوّارهits blossoms
وكل غصن له قد كان نوّاره
How lovely it was, as the blowing wind bent it,
And the bloom on each of its branches
كأنهاas though it were شمعةa candle خضراءgreen مضرمةset alight
كأنها شمعة خضراء مضرمة
فيin كفthe hand of نشوانa tipsy man وافىcame to بيتthe house of خمّارهhis vintner
في كف نشوان وافى بيت خمّاره
Was like a green candle set alight
In the hand of a tipsy man who had come to his vintner’s house.
Translation model: Sol 6.1