قُمRise نَجتَليlet us behold البِكرَthe virgin wine الَّتيwhose جِسمُهاher body
قُم نَجتَلي البِكرَ الَّتي جِسمُها
فيin حُلَّةِthe robe of الكاسِthe goblet لَناfor us يَفتِنُenchants
في حُلَّةِ الكاسِ لَنا يَفتِنُ
Rise, let us behold the virgin wine whose body
Enchants us in the goblet’s robe,
ماin the space بَينَbetween بَرقٍlightning لاذُهُits silk أَصفَرٌyellow
ما بَينَ بَرقٍ لاذُهُ أَصفَرٌ
وَبَينَand between غَيمٍcloud خَزُّهُits brocade أَدكَنُdusky
وَبَينَ غَيمٍ خَزُّهُ أَدكَنُ
Between lightning whose silk is yellow
And cloud whose brocade is dusky.
فَالماءُso the water فيin غُدرانِهِits pools أَهوَجٌwild
فَالماءُ في غُدرانِهِ أَهوَجٌ
وَالنَبتُand the plants فيin أَغصانِهِits branches أَرعَنُunruly
وَالنَبتُ في أَغصانِهِ أَرعَنُ
So the water in its pools is wild,
And the plants are unruly in their branches,
كَأَنَّماas though مَنثورُthe scattered blooms of مَنثورِهِits stock-flowers
كَأَنَّما مَنثورُ مَنثورِهِ
جَواهِرٌjewels وَهوَand it لَهاfor them مَعدِنُa mine
جَواهِرٌ وَهوَ لَها مَعدِنُ
As though the scattered blooms of its stock-flowers
Were jewels, and it their mine.