الراحُthe wine يَجلوهاunveils it غَزالٌa gazelle أَغيَدُlithe
الراحُ يَجلوها غَزالٌ أَغيَدُ
فيin رَوضَةٍa garden أَغصانُهاits branches تَتَأَوَّدُsway
في رَوضَةٍ أَغصانُها تَتَأَوَّدُ
The wine is unveiled by a lithe gazelle
The breeze makes it sway, a slender gazelle
In a garden whose branches sway.
In a garden where branches gently bend
فَاِشرَبso drink عَلىbeside الماءِthe water الَّذيwhich هُوَit is فِضَّةقsilver (apparent typo)
فَاِشرَب عَلى الماءِ الَّذي هُوَ فِضَّةق
مِنfrom ذَلِكَthat الماءِthe water الَّذيwhich هُوَit is عَسجَدُgold
مِن ذَلِكَ الماءِ الَّذي هُوَ عَسجَدُ
So drink beside the water that is silver
So drink from the silver water there
From that water that is gold.
From that sweet water, pure and cool
فَكَأَنَّماso it is as though شَرَفُthe crests الأَقاحيof the daisies لُؤلُؤٌpearls
فَكَأَنَّما شَرَفُ الأَقاحي لُؤلُؤٌ
وَكَأَنَّماand it is as though عُمُدُthe pillars الغُصونِof the boughs زَبَرجَدُchrysolite
وَكَأَنَّما عُمُدُ الغُصونِ زَبَرجَدُ
So the crests of the daisies are like pearls,
As if the meadowflowers were pearls
And the pillars of the boughs are like chrysolite.
And the boughs were columns of emerald