قَدindeed سَقَتنيshe gave me to drink خَمراًwine وَريقاًand saliva كَخَمرِlike wine
قَد سَقَتني خَمراً وَريقاً كَخَمرِ
بِنتُa girl عُشرٍten years, in context فيin كَفَّهاher palm بِنتُa daughter, figuratively wine عَشرِten years
بِنتُ عُشرٍ في كَفَّها بِنتُ عَشرِ
She gave me wine to drink, and saliva like wine—
She offered me a drink, a draft like wine
A girl of ten, with ten-year-old wine in her palm.
A girl of nineteen, in her hand a draft of wine
ذَرَّsprinkled فيover وَجهِهاher face المَلاحَةَbeauty ذَرّاًa sprinkling
ذَرَّ في وَجهِها المَلاحَةَ ذَرّاً
خالِقٌa Creator هَزَّswayed غُصنَهاher bough تَحتَbeneath بَدرِa full moon
خالِقٌ هَزَّ غُصنَها تَحتَ بَدرِ
Beauty was sprinkled over her face
He sprinkled on her face a little salt
By a Creator who swayed her bough beneath a full moon.
A Creator shook its branch beneath the full moon
مَرحَباًwelcome بِاِختِلاجِto the twitching of جَفنِan eyelid of عُيونٍeyes
مَرحَباً بِاِختِلاجِ جَفنِ عُيونٍ
بَشَّرَتbrought glad tidings عَينُهاher eye بِرُؤيَةِof seeing شُرِّShurr, apparently a name
بَشَّرَت عَينُها بِرُؤيَةِ شُرِّ
Welcome to the twitching of the eyes’ lids!
Welcome the fluttering of the eyelids
Her eye brought glad tidings of seeing Shurr.
Her eye gave glad tidings at the sight of poetry
لَكَfor you عِندِيَfrom me عَتقٌfreedom مِنَfrom الدَمعِtears إِنif صَحfirst part of ‘proves true’
لَكَ عِندِيَ عَتقٌ مِنَ الدَمعِ إِن صَح
حَcompletion of ‘proves true’ الَّذيwhat قُلتِهِyou said it وَلَوeven if بَعدَafter شَهرِa month
حَ الَّذي قُلتِهِ وَلَو بَعدَ شَهرِ
I pledge you freedom from tears, if it proves
For you I have a ransom of tears, if true
True—what you said—even after a month.
Be what you said, even after a month