صِلةُgift العذُولَةِthe reproaching woman ليto me مِنof الهِجرانِestrangement
صِلةُ العذُولَةِ لي مِن الهِجرانِ
وصدُودُهاand her turning away صِلَتيmy gift منfrom الأزمانِthe ages
وصدُودُها صِلَتي من الأزمانِ
The reproaching woman's gift to me is estrangement,
and her turning away is the gift time bestows on me.
وعليَّand over me سُلطانُdominion الكَواعبِbudding-breasted maidens فيin الهَوىlove
وعليَّ سُلطانُ الكَواعبِ في الهَوى
وعَلىand over العَواذِلِreproaching women فيin الهَوىlove سُلطانيmy dominion
وعَلى العَواذِلِ في الهَوى سُلطاني
And budding-breasted maidens hold sway over me in love,
while I hold sway over reproaching women in love.
ماnot صحَّremained sound ليfor me إِلاexcept لِسانيmy tongue فاعرِضيso turn away
ما صحَّ لي إِلا لِساني فاعرِضي
عنِّيfrom me ولاand do not تتعرَّضيexpose yourself لِلِسانيto my tongue
عنِّي ولا تتعرَّضي لِلِساني
Only my tongue remains sound; so turn away
from me, and do not expose yourself to my tongue.
ألأنَّis it because قَلبَكِyour heart قَدalready مَلكتُI have mastered عِنانَهits reins
ألأنَّ قَلبَكِ قَد مَلكتُ عِنانَه
تَهوينَyou desire أنthat أُعطِيI give المَلامَreproach عِنانيmy reins
تَهوينَ أن أُعطِي المَلامَ عِناني
Is it because I have mastered the reins of your heart
that you wish me to hand my reins to reproach?
كذَبَتكِhas lied to you نَفسُكِyour own soul صُمَّhas been deafened سَمعيmy hearing فيin الهوىlove
كذَبَتكِ نَفسُكِ صُمَّ سَمعي في الهوى
منto عَذلِthe rebukes of عُذَّاليmy reprovers وجُنَّand went mad جَنانيmy heart
من عَذلِ عُذَّالي وجُنَّ جَناني
Your own soul has lied to you: my hearing is deaf in love
to my reprovers' rebukes, and my heart has gone mad.
للِّهِGod be praised أيَّامٌdays نَعِمتُI delighted بطِيبهاin their sweetness
للِّهِ أيَّامٌ نَعِمتُ بطِيبها
بينamid اصطِحابِthe company of النَّايthe reed flute والعِيدانِand the lutes
بين اصطِحابِ النَّاي والعِيدانِ
God be praised for days whose sweetness I enjoyed,
in the company of reed flute and lutes.
والصَّحبُand the companions يَصطَبحونَهاdrink it in the morning كرخيَّةًKarkh wine
والصَّحبُ يَصطَبحونَها كرخيَّةً
أزليَّةًimmemorial منfrom عَهدِthe time of نُوشَروانِNusharwan
أزليَّةً من عَهدِ نُوشَروانِ
And the companions drank Karkh wine in the morning,
immemorial, from the time of Nusharwan,
منfrom كفِّthe hand of ساقِيَةٍa female cupbearer بعقدِwith the knot of وشاحِهاher sash
من كفِّ ساقِيَةٍ بعقدِ وشاحِها
عَقدتshe bound فؤادَthe heart of مُتيَّمٍa lovesick man وَلهانِdistraught with love
عَقدت فؤادَ مُتيَّمٍ وَلهانِ
from the hand of a cupbearer who, with the knot of her sash,
bound the heart of a lovesick, bewildered man.
فكأنَّso it was as though كأسَthe goblet of عُقارناour wine فيin كفِّهاher hand
فكأنَّ كأسَ عُقارنا في كفِّها
بطلٌa champion منamong الفُرسانِthe horsemen فيin المَيدانِthe arena
بطلٌ من الفُرسانِ في المَيدانِ
So the goblet of our wine in her hand seemed
a champion among horsemen in the arena.
لوif كنتَyou were شاِهدَهاa witness to it وقدand already تَركتهُمُit had left them
لو كنتَ شاِهدَها وقد تَركتهُمُ
ماsomewhere بينَbetween سكرانٍdrunk إلىto نَشوانِtipsy
ما بينَ سكرانٍ إلى نَشوانِ
Had you witnessed it, when it had left them
ranging from drunk to tipsy,
فيin أرضِthe land of شورانٍShuran وزَهرِand the blossoms of رياضهاits gardens
في أرضِ شورانٍ وزَهرِ رياضها
لَعلِمتَyou would surely have known أنَّthat اللَّهوَmerriment منfrom شورانِShuran
لَعلِمتَ أنَّ اللَّهوَ من شورانِ
in the land of Shuran, amid its gardens' blossoms,
you would surely have known that merriment comes from Shuran.
Sol 6.1