Sol 6.1

  1. عدل الحبيب فمن يجورُ

    ودنا فأين بنا يسيرُ

    The beloved has been just—who, then, will be unjust?

    And has drawn near—where, then, will he lead us?

  2. عوضت من عيس تدو

    ر بي الفلا كأس تدور

    I received, instead of pale camels roaming

    the wilderness with me, a cup passed round.

  3. وشربت ما وسع الصغي

    ر وزدت ما حمل الكبير

    And I drank what the small one could hold,

    and added what the large one carried.

  4. نبهت ندماني وقد

    عبرت بنا الشعرى العبور

    I roused my drinking companions, when

    Sirius, the Crossing Star, had passed over us.

  5. والبدر في أفق السما

    ء كروضة فيها غدير

    And the full moon on heaven's horizon

    was like a garden with a pool.

  6. هبوا فقد عيي الرقي

    ب ونام وانتبه السرور

    Rise, for the watcher has grown weary

    and slept, while joy has awakened.

  7. وأشار إبليس فقل

    نا كلنا نعم المشير

    Iblis gave counsel, and we said,

    all of us, “What a fine adviser!”

  8. صرعى بمعركة تع

    ف الوحش عنها والنسور

    Fallen on a battlefield shunned

    by wild beasts and vultures.

  9. نوار روضتنا خدو

    د والغصون بها خصور

    Our garden's blossoms are cheeks,

    and its boughs are waists.

  10. والعيش أستر ما يكو

    ن إذا تهتكت الستور

    Life is at its most sheltered

    when the veils are torn away.

  11. هبوا الى شرب المدا

    م فإنما الدنيا غرور

    Rise to drink wine,

    for worldly life is nothing but delusion.

  12. طاف السقاة بها كما

    أهدت الصيد الصقور

    The cupbearers circled with it, just as

    falcons offered up their quarry.

  13. عذراء يكتمها المزا

    ج كأنها فيه ضمير

    A virgin concealed by the admixture,

    as though she were a secret within it.

  14. وتظن تحت حبابها

    خداً تقبله ثغور

    And beneath her bubbles you imagine

    a cheek that lips are kissing.

  15. حتى سجدنا والإما

    م أمامنا بم وزير

    Until we prostrated ourselves, while the imam

    before us was the bass and treble strings.

  16. وإذا صحونا فاللسا

    ن العذب والفكر الغزير

    And when we sober up, the tongue

    is sweet, and thought abundant.

  17. نفتض معنى أو يولد

    بيننا مثل وزير

    We deflower a meaning, or there is born

    among us a vizier's equal,

  18. أو يمدح الملك الجلي

    ل السيد الفرد الخطير

    or the majestic king is praised—

    the lord, peerless and illustrious.

  19. ما عزه شيء بغا

    ه فكيف أعوزه النظير

    Nothing he sought proved too hard for him;

    how, then, does he lack an equal?

  20. وغداة أنس بشرت

    ك بها المعازف والخمور

    And a morning of delight, heralded to you

    by musical instruments and wines,

  21. إذ ماء ورد غيثنا

    والارض تربتها عبير

    when our rain was rosewater,

    and the earth's soil was perfume.

  22. تغري بصب الماء يا

    ملكاً أنامله بحور

    You urge the pouring of water, O

    king whose fingertips are seas!

  23. ويقول سيبك هكذا

    صبت على العافى البدور

    And your bounty says, “This is how

    full moons were poured upon the supplicant.”

  24. ويقول سيفك هكذا

    تحرى إذا غضب النحور

    And your sword says, “This is how

    it sought out throats when enraged.”

  25. هيهات تبتسم الثغو

    ر ولم تسد بك الثغور

    Impossible for mouths to smile

    while the frontier breaches remain unclosed by you.

  26. قد أذعنت أرض العد

    و وجاء بالنصر البشير

    The enemy's land has indeed submitted,

    and the herald has brought word of victory.

  27. هذي الأماني لي عبي

    د والسرور معي اجير

    These wishes are slaves to me,

    and joy is a hireling at my side.

  28. لاقيته فغضضت طر

    فى إذ بدا القمر المنير

    I met him and lowered my gaze

    when the radiant moon appeared.

  29. وجررت اذيالي بمج

    له وقلت فمن جرير

    And I trailed my robes with his [unclear word],

    and said, “Who, then, is Jarir?”

  30. وكأن عاماً عشته

    في ظلة يوم قصير

    And it seemed that a year I lived

    in shade was but a short day.