ياO حُسنَbeauty لذَّةِdelight أيّامٍdays لَناfor us سلفَتْhad passed
يا حُسنَ لذَّةِ أيّامٍ لَنا سلفَتْ
وطِيبَand sweetness لذَّةِdelight أيّامِdays الصِّباyouth عُوديreturn!
وطِيبَ لذَّةِ أيّامِ الصِّبا عُودي
O lovely delight of our bygone days,
O the bliss of days gone by for us,
and sweet delight of youthful days—return!
And the sweetness of youth's morn I do recall,
أيّامdays أسحَبُI trail ذَيليmy robe's hem فيin بَطالَتِهاtheir idleness
أيّام أسحَبُ ذَيلي في بَطالَتِها
علىto تَرَنُّمِlilting melody ضَربِplaying النّايِthe flute والعُودِand the oud
على تَرَنُّمِ ضَربِ النّايِ والعُودِ
Days when I trailed my robe's hem in their idle ease,
Days when I would let my robe's train drag lazily
to the lilting music of the flute and oud,
To the murmur of flute and lute's gentle lilt,
وقَهوةٍand wine وسُلافِand choicest wine الدَّنِّthe wine jar صافيةٍclear
وقَهوةٍ وسُلافِ الدَّنِّ صافيةٍ
كالمِسكِlike musk والعنَبرِand ambergris الهِنديِّIndian والعُودِand aloeswood
كالمِسكِ والعنَبرِ الهِنديِّ والعُودِ
and wine, and the jar's clear, choicest wine,
Coffee's aroma and wine pure as perfume,
like musk, Indian ambergris, and aloeswood.
Like musk, ambergris and aloeswood fragrant,
تَستَلُّit draws out روحَكَyour soul فيin أمْنٍsafety وفيand in دَعةٍease
تَستَلُّ روحَكَ في أمْنٍ وفي دَعةٍ
إذاwhen جرَتْit flows مِنكthrough you مجرىthe course of الماءِwater فيin العُودِthe stem
إذا جرَتْ مِنك مجرى الماءِ في العُودِ
It draws out your soul in safety and ease,
That would steal your soul in such great ease and peace,
when it flows through you as water flows through a stem.
Flowing through you as water flows in wood.
Sol 6.1