قَمْrise فَاعْقِرِthen slay الْهَمَّcare بِالْعُقَارِwith wine
قَمْ فَاعْقِرِ الْهَمَّ بِالْعُقَارِ
فَالْخَمْرُfor wine دِرْياقَةُan antidote to الخُمَارِa hangover
فَالْخَمْرُ دِرْياقَةُ الخُمَارِ
Rise, and slay care with wine,
Arise, soothe anxiety with wine
For wine is the antidote to a hangover.
For liquor is the remedy for sorrows
وَهَاتِهَاand bring it يَاO غُلاَمُboy صِرْفَاًunmixed
وَهَاتِهَا يَا غُلاَمُ صِرْفَاً
حَمْرَاءَred مُصْفَرَّةَyellow-tinged الخِمَارِthe veil
حَمْرَاءَ مُصْفَرَّةَ الخِمَارِ
And bring it, boy, unmixed,
Bring it, o lad, pure
Red, with a yellow veil.
Reddish, yellowish wine
صَبَاحُa dawn رَاحٍwine دَجَاgrew dark عَلَيْهِover it
صَبَاحُ رَاحٍ دَجَا عَلَيْهِ
فِيin فَلَكِthe sphere of الدَّنِّthe cask لَيْلُa night of قَارِpitch
فِي فَلَكِ الدَّنِّ لَيْلُ قَارِ
A dawn of wine, overshadowed
A morning of respite has dawned upon him
In the cask's sphere by a night of pitch;
In the orbit of baseness, a night of rest
وَجِسْمُand a body of نُورٍlight تَرَاهُyou see it يَبْدُوappear
وَجِسْمُ نُورٍ تَرَاهُ يَبْدُو
كَنَاظِرٍlike an eye فِيin قَمِيْصِa shirt of نَارِfire
كَنَاظِرٍ فِي قَمِيْصِ نَارِ
And a body of light you see appear,
A body of light you see appearing
Like an eye in a shirt of fire.
As sights in a shirt of fire
مِنْfrom كَفِّthe palm of أَغْيَدَa graceful youth فِيin رُنُوِّa lingering gaze
مِنْ كَفِّ أَغْيَدَ فِي رُنُوِّ
وَفِيand in احْوَرَارٍblack-and-white eye contrast وَفِيand in نِفَارِcoy aversion
وَفِي احْوَرَارٍ وَفِي نِفَارِ
From a graceful youth's palm, with lingering gaze,
From a palm thickened with intertwined branches
And eyes of striking black and white, and coy reserve.
And blushing and scattering sparks
غُصْنُa bough قَوَامٍstature عَلَىupon كَثِيْبٍa sand dune
غُصْنُ قَوَامٍ عَلَى كَثِيْبٍ
وَلَيْلُand a night of شَعْرٍhair عَلَىupon نَهَارِdaylight
وَلَيْلُ شَعْرٍ عَلَى نَهَارِ
A bough of a figure upon a dune,
A firm branch on a sand dune
And a night of hair upon daylight.
And a night of hair upon daybreak
فِيin وَرْدِthe rose of خَدِّa cheek لَهُof his جَنِيٍّfreshly picked
فِي وَرْدِ خَدِّ لَهُ جَنِيٍّ
رَيَحْانُbasil صُدْغٍa sidelock لَهُit has مَدَارِan orbit
رَيَحْانُ صُدْغٍ لَهُ مَدَارِ
Within the fresh-picked rose of his cheek,
In the rose of his cheek, for him a picker
His sidelock's basil has its orbit.
Basil of his temple, for it an orbit
مُذَكَّرُmasculine in العَدْوِrunning والتَّثَنِّيand swaying
مُذَكَّرُ العَدْوِ والتَّثَنِّي
مُؤَنَّثُfeminine in الدَّلِّcoquetry كالجَوَارِيlike maidens
مُؤَنَّثُ الدَّلِّ كالجَوَارِي
Masculine in his running and swaying,
Masculinized by enmity and duality
Feminine in coquetry, like maidens.
Feminized of feeling, like maidens
إِذَاwhen سَقَىhe gives drink بالصِّغَارِin small cups صَبَّاًa lovesick lover
إِذَا سَقَى بالصِّغَارِ صَبَّاً
سَقَتْهُgave him drink عَيْنَاهُhis two eyes بالكِبَارِin large cups
سَقَتْهُ عَيْنَاهُ بالكِبَارِ
When he gives a lover drink in little cups,
If he quenched with small cups morning draughts
His eyes give him drink in great ones.
His eyes quenched him with large cups
لاَno عُذْرَexcuse فِيْهِconcerning him لِمَنْfor whoever رَآهُsaw him
لاَ عُذْرَ فِيْهِ لِمَنْ رَآهُ
فَلَمْyet did not يَرُحْdepart خَالِعَcasting off العِذَارِthe bridle
فَلَمْ يَرُحْ خَالِعَ العِذَارِ
There is no excuse, in his case, for one who sees him
No excuse for one who saw him
Yet does not leave with his bridle cast off.
Yet did not cast off modesty
شَرِبْتُI drank مِنْfrom كَأسِهِhis cup عُقَارَاًwine
شَرِبْتُ مِنْ كَأسِهِ عُقَارَاً
وَمِنْand from ثَنَايَاهُhis front teeth كَالْعُقَارِlike wine
وَمِنْ ثَنَايَاهُ كَالْعُقَارِ
I drank wine from his cup,
I drank from his cup an antidote
And from his front teeth, the like of wine.
And from his lips like antidotes
حَتَّىuntil إِذَاwhen الرَّاحُthe wine رَنَّحَتْهُmade him sway
حَتَّى إِذَا الرَّاحُ رَنَّحَتْهُ
وَشَدَّهُand bound him السُّكْرُdrunkenness بِانْكِسَارِin languor
وَشَدَّهُ السُّكْرُ بِانْكِسَارِ
Until, when wine had set him swaying,
Until when enjoyment relaxed him
And drunkenness held him fast in languor,
And drunkenness contracted him painfully
وَخَالَطَتْand it mingled with وَرْدَthe rose of وَجْنَتَيْهِhis two cheeks
وَخَالَطَتْ وَرْدَ وَجْنَتَيْهِ
فَضَاعَفَتْهُthus doubled it بِجُلَّنَارِwith pomegranate blossom
فَضَاعَفَتْهُ بِجُلَّنَارِ
And the wine mingled with the rose of his cheeks,
And mingled with the rose and apple of his cheek
Doubling it with pomegranate blossom—
So it doubled him with embers
بِتْنَاwe spent the night وَقَدْand already ضَمَّنَاenfolded us إِزَارٌa wrap
بِتْنَا وَقَدْ ضَمَّنَا إِزَارٌ
لِلَّهِto God مَاwhat ضُمَّwas enfolded فِيin الإِزَارِthe wrap
لِلَّهِ مَا ضُمَّ فِي الإِزَارِ
We spent the night, a wrap enfolding us.
We spent the night and a wrapper enclosed us
By God, what was enfolded in that wrap!
By God, what is enclosed in the wrapper!
فَظُنَّso think مَاwhatever شِئْتَyou wish بِيof me فَإِنِّيfor I
فَظُنَّ مَا شِئْتَ بِي فَإِنِّي
أَتَيْتُI committed مَاwhatever شِئْتَyou wish مِنْof خَسَارِruinous wrongdoing
أَتَيْتُ مَا شِئْتَ مِنْ خَسَارِ
So think what you will of me, for I
So think what you will of me, for I
Have committed whatever wickedness you wish.
Came to what you wished of loss
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.