رحيقٌnectar كماءِlike the water of الشباyouth (continued next line)
رحيقٌ كماءِ الشبا
بِ(completes 'youth') منfrom وجنةٍa cheek يقطرُdrips
بِ من وجنةٍ يقطرُ
Nectar like the water of youth,
Dripping from a cheek,
بكأسٍin a goblet كبدرِlike the full moon of الدجىthe darkness
بكأسٍ كبدرِ الدجى
ظلاميmy darkness بهاthrough it مقمرُmoonlit
ظلامي بها مقمرُ
In a goblet like the full moon of night—
Through it my darkness is moonlit.
وساقٍand a cupbearer علىon ساقِهِhis leg
وساقٍ على ساقِهِ
يرجرجهُsets him swaying المئزرُthe loincloth
يرجرجهُ المئزرُ
And a cupbearer, on whose leg
The loincloth sets him swaying.
تحجبهاconceals it كفهُhis palm
تحجبها كفهُ
وفيand in خدِّهِhis cheek تظهرُit appears
وفي خدِّهِ تظهرُ
His palm conceals it,
And in his cheek it appears.
أراهُI see him لناfor us قائداًa commander
أراهُ لنا قائداً
ونحنُand we لهُfor him عسكرُan army
ونحنُ لهُ عسكرُ
I see him as our commander,
And we are his army.
كأنَّas though صفاءَthe clarity of الرحيthe nectar (continued next line)
كأنَّ صفاءَ الرحي
قِ(completes 'nectar') نافسهُrivaled it الكوثرُal-Kawthar
قِ نافسهُ الكوثرُ
As though the nectar's clarity
Were rivaled by al-Kawthar.
فمنso whoever ربحَgains اليومَtoday ذاthis
فمن ربحَ اليومَ ذا
فذاكَthen that غداًtomorrow يخسرُhe loses
فذاكَ غداً يخسرُ
So whoever gains this today
Will lose that tomorrow.