قدsometimes أُناسيI try to forget الهمَّsorrow نجواwhispers (continued)
قد أُناسي الهمَّ نجوا
هُits بصفراءwith golden wine شمولِwine
هُ بصفراء شمولِ
Sometimes I try to forget sorrow's whispers
Sometimes I forget troubles in joyous song
with a golden wine,
Its yellow enfolds sorrows wholly
تُجذلُgladdens البالَthe mind وتغتاand slays (continued)
تُجذلُ البالَ وتغتا
لُcompletion of 'slays' مدَىthe span of الهمّsorrow الطويلِthe long
لُ مدَى الهمّ الطويلِ
which gladdens the mind and slays
It makes the mind forget and rejoice
sorrow's long span,
Through the length of lingering sadness
وتُبقّيand preserves جدَّةthe freshness of اللذthe pleasures (continued)
وتُبقّي جدَّة اللذ
ذاتِcompletion of 'the pleasures' فيin عينِthe eye of الملولِthe easily bored person
ذاتِ في عينِ الملولِ
and preserves the freshness of pleasures
And keeps the delight ever fresh
in the eyes of one easily bored.
In the eye of the weary one
أستشفُّI peer through الروضةَthe garden الخضthe green (continued)
أستشفُّ الروضةَ الخض
راءcompletion of 'the green' عنfrom beyond شمسِthe sun of الأصيلِlate afternoon
راء عن شمسِ الأصيلِ
I peer through the green garden
I glimpse the green garden under the true sun
at the late-afternoon sun;
And the bird may distract me with the murmur of streams
ولقدand indeed يُلهِينيَdistracts me الطَّيthe birds (continued)
ولقد يُلهِينيَ الطَّي
رcompletion of 'the birds' بترجيعwith repetitions of الهديلِthe cooing
ر بترجيع الهديلِ
and indeed, the birds distract me
with their repeated cooing.
Partial English translation: 8 of 10 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1