Sol 6.1

  1. وباغٍ كفانا كلَّ باغ من الأسى

    وزفَّ لنا بكرب المنى وهي ناهدُ

    And a garden that spared us every assailant of sorrow,

    And led to us [the maiden of] our wishes, her breasts budding.

  2. إذ الندُّ سحبٌ والسُّقاة أهلّةٌ

    تدير شموساً والكؤوسُ فراقد

    When incense was clouds, and the cupbearers crescent moons,

    Passing suns around, while the cups were pole stars.

  3. وكم عاطل من لذَّةٍ زان جيده

    ندى ملكٍ ضنَّ الحيا وهو جائد

    And how many a man bereft of pleasure had his neck adorned

    By a king's bounty: rain withheld, while he gave freely.

  4. فتى بعوالي سمره وسيوفه

    تعزُّ المعالي أو تهون الشدائد

    A youth through whose tawny spearheads and swords

    High honors are exalted, or hardships made easy.

  5. دجى نقعه يسودُّ منهُ سنا والضحى

    وتخضرُّ من نعماه حتى الجلامد

    His battle-dust's darkness turns radiance and morning black,

    And even hard rocks grow green from his bounty.

  6. شربنا لديه التبرَ والتبرُ ذائب

    على صفحات التبر والتبر جامد

    We drank gold in his presence, the gold molten,

    On surfaces of gold, the gold solid.

  7. لو أنَّ الغواني أمكنتها شفوفهُ

    لأضحتْ على اللبّات وهي قلائد

    If the beauties could lay hold of its translucence,

    It would lie upon their bosoms as necklaces.

  8. وبيضاء حمراء الأسيلين أرسلتْ

    ذوائبَ سوداً هنَّ عندي أساود

    And a fair woman, her smooth cheeks red, let loose

    Black tresses that, to me, are black serpents.

  9. وما هي إلاّ قبلةٌ من ملاحةٍ

    لها بقلوب الزائرين مشاهد

    And she is but a qibla of loveliness,

    With shrines in the hearts of those who visit.

  10. بحيث تماثيل الرياحين عكّفٌ

    لها وأباريقُ المدام سواجد

    Where the statues of fragrant plants stand in devotion

    To her, and the wine-ewers lie prostrate.

  11. فأقسمُ أمّا الحسنُ منها فباهر

    وأمّا ضجيعُ الخود منك فماجد

    So I swear: as for her beauty, it is dazzling,

    And as for you, the young beauty's bedfellow, you are noble.