أطلقrelease الكاسthe cup بعدafter طولa long duration of احتباسِconfinement
أطلق الكاس بعد طول احتباسِ
واسقنيهاand give it to me to drink ماemphatic particle بينbetween وردroses وآسِand myrtle
واسقنيها ما بين ورد وآسِ
Release the cup after its long confinement,
Pour out the cup after long withholding
And give it to me to drink amid roses and myrtle.
And serve it to me, between roses and myrtles
خمرةa wine كاسهاits cup ألستُAm I not? قديماًof old
خمرة كاسها ألستُ قديماً
وحديثاand now عقليmy mind وكلand all حواسيmy senses
وحديثا عقلي وكل حواسي
A wine whose cup was “Am I not?” of old,
A wine whose cup I was long ago
And now is my mind and all my senses.
And still am today, my mind and all my senses
شربdrank الكوبthe goblet فهوso it is سكرانdrunk منهاon it
شرب الكوب فهو سكران منها
وتراهand you see it معربداًdrunkenly brawling بالناسwith people
وتراه معربداً بالناس
The goblet drank, and is drunk on it,
He who drinks the cup gets drunk on it
And you see it drunkenly brawling with people.
Yet you see him fully sober before all people
ياO ندامايmy drinking companions ماno علىupon شاربيهاits drinkers
يا نداماي ما على شاربيها
حيثwhen باحواthey spoke openly بسرهاof its secret منany باسharm
حيث باحوا بسرها من باس
O my drinking companions, no harm befalls its drinkers
Oh my regrets! Those who revealed its secret
When they reveal its secret.
Openly - what awaits them?
ملأتهمit filled them فالآنso now تقطرit drips منهمfrom them
ملأتهم فالآن تقطر منهم
بقياسby a measure لهمof theirs وغيرand without قياسmeasure
بقياس لهم وغير قياس
It filled them, and now it drips from them,
It filled them, and now it drips from them
By their own measure, and without measure.
In a measure unlike any other
لمdid not تدعleave فضلةany remainder بهمin them لسواهاfor anything other than itself
لم تدع فضلة بهم لسواها
طهرتهمit purified them منof سائرall الأنجاسimpurities
طهرتهم من سائر الأنجاس
It left no room in them for anything else;
It left no trace in them but itself
It purified them of every impurity.
Cleansing them of all other filth
فليهيمواso let them wander in rapture بلrather فَلْتَهِمْthen let it wander in rapture هيit عنهمin their stead
فليهيموا بل فَلْتَهِمْ هي عنهم
واحرسوهاand guard it ياO جملةall الحراسthe guards
واحرسوها يا جملة الحراس
So let them wander in rapture—rather, let it wander in their stead.
So let them rave, nay, let it rave through them
And guard it, O all you guards.
While you, all guards, watch over it
إنهمindeed they are فعلهاits doing وهمand they are أهلpeople of شطحecstatic utterance
إنهم فعلها وهم أهل شطح
وهوىand passionate love لاno شكdoubt ولاnor وسواسwhispered misgivings
وهوى لا شك ولا وسواس
Indeed, they are its doing, and they are people of ecstatic utterance
They did it, being people of ecstasy
And passionate love, with neither doubt nor whispered misgivings.
And passion - no doubt or hesitation
سبقتwent before قبلناbefore us أناسpeople إليهاto it
سبقت قبلنا أناس إليها
غرستهمit planted them فيهاwithin itself أتمmost complete غراسplanting
غرستهم فيها أتم غراس
People reached it before we did;
Before us, others came to it
It planted them within itself—a planting most complete.
And it planted them, the sturdiest saplings
فتحواthey opened بابthe door of ديرهاits monastery فشممناso we inhaled
فتحوا باب ديرها فشممنا
نفحةa waft of المسكmusk منfrom فمthe mouth of الشماسthe deacon
نفحة المسك من فم الشماس
They opened the door of its monastery, so we inhaled
They opened the gate of its monastery - we smelled
A waft of musk from the deacon’s mouth.
The musk scent from the censer of the deacon
وسكرناand we grew drunk براهبon the monk of الديرthe monastery لماwhen
وسكرنا براهب الدير لما
هبhe rose منهاfrom it معطرperfumed الأنفاسbreaths
هب منها معطر الأنفاس
And we grew drunk on the monastery’s monk when
And we got drunk on the monastery's monk when
He rose from it with perfumed breath.
He breathed from it, perfuming the air
وتثنتand swayed سقاتهاits cupbearers كغصونlike branches
وتثنت سقاتها كغصون
بعيونwith eyes سبتcaptivated ظباءgazelles of الكناسthe covert
بعيون سبت ظباء الكناس
And its cupbearers swayed like branches,
And its cups bent like boughs
With eyes that captivated the gazelles of the covert.
With eyes that charm the shyest gazelles
كلevery غصنbranch منof المليحthe beautiful أناءa vessel
كل غصن من المليح أناء
هيit فيهwithin it بالوهمthrough illusion والإلتباسand ambiguity
هي فيه بالوهم والإلتباس
Each branch of beauty is a vessel;
Each bough of the beauty is a vessel
It is therein, through illusion and ambiguity.
Wherein it is, confusing yet blending perfectly
فإذاthen when قالhe speaks أوor رناgazes أوor تثنّىsways
فإذا قال أو رنا أو تثنّى
منهthrough him ذابتdissolve عروشهاits thrones والكراسيand the seats
منه ذابت عروشها والكراسي
Then, when he speaks, or gazes, or sways,
So if it spoke, sang or bent
Through him, its thrones and seats dissolve.
Thrones and seats would melt
جلexalted is وجهa face يلوحthat shines منfrom كلevery شيءthing
جل وجه يلوح من كل شيء
فيزيلand so it effaces المشكاةthe lamp-niche بالنبراسwith the lamp
فيزيل المشكاة بالنبراس
Exalted is a Face that shines from everything,
An awe-striking face appears in everything
And effaces the lamp-niche with the lamp.
Banishing the lantern with its flame
عميتblind is كلevery مقلةeye لاdoes not تراهsee Him
عميت كل مقلة لا تراه
ظاهراًmanifest فهيfor it is مقلةthe eye of الخناسthe slinking tempter
ظاهراً فهي مقلة الخناس
Blind is every eye that does not see Him
Every closed eye cannot see it
Manifest—for it is the eye of the slinking tempter.
Visible - thus it is the eye of the dormouse
نابتacted as deputy عنهfor Him كلall ماthat كانcame to be منهfrom Him
نابت عنه كل ما كان منه
مثلlike نبتthe growth of المعنىmeaning منfrom الإحساسsense perception
مثل نبت المعنى من الإحساس
All that came from Him stands in His stead,
All that came from it springs from it
Like meaning sprouting from sense perception.
As meaning springs from perception
Sol 6.1