إِذاwhen ما(emphatic particle) ظَمِئتُI thirst إِلىfor ريقِهِhis saliva
إِذا ما ظَمِئتُ إِلى ريقِهِ
جَعَلتُI make المُدامَةَwine مِنهُfor it بَديلاa substitute
جَعَلتُ المُدامَةَ مِنهُ بَديلا
Whenever I thirst for his saliva,
When I thirst for his saliva
I make wine a substitute for it.
I make wine a substitute
وَأَينَand where المُدامَةُwine مِنcompared with ريقِهِhis saliva
وَأَينَ المُدامَةُ مِن ريقِهِ
وَلكِنand yet أُعَلِّلُI soothe قَلباًa heart غَليلاparched
وَلكِن أُعَلِّلُ قَلباً غَليلا
Yet how can wine compare with his saliva?
But where is wine compared to his saliva
But I soothe a parched heart.
I just appease a grieving heart