وَلَيلٍand a night اِبتَعتُI bought بِهِwith it لَذَّةًdelight
وَلَيلٍ اِبتَعتُ بِهِ لَذَّةً
وَبِعتُand I sold فيهِin it العَقلَreason وَالديناand faith
وَبِعتُ فيهِ العَقلَ وَالدينا
And a night with which I bought delight,
I bought pleasure for a night,
and in which I sold reason and faith.
Sold my reason and religion in it.
أَصابَstruck فيهِin it الوَصلُunion قَلبَthe heart of الجَوىlovesickness
أَصابَ فيهِ الوَصلُ قَلبَ الجَوى
وَباتَand spent the night فيهِin it الهَمُّsorrow مِسكيناa pauper
وَباتَ فيهِ الهَمُّ مِسكينا
There, union struck the heart of lovesickness,
In it longing struck the heart of passion
and sorrow spent the night there a pauper.
And care slept poor within it.
وَقَدand indeed خَلَطناwe mingled بِنَسيمِwith the breeze of الصِباthe east wind
وَقَد خَلَطنا بِنَسيمِ الصِبا
نَسيمُthe scent of راحٍwine وَرَياحيناand fragrant herbs
نَسيمُ راحٍ وَرَياحينا
And we had mingled with the east wind's breeze
We mixed with the morning breeze
the scent of wine and fragrant herbs.
A breeze of rest and fragrances.
وَأَكؤُسِand cups of الراحِwine نُجومٌstars إِذاwhen
وَأَكؤُسِ الراحِ نُجومٌ إِذا
لاحَتthey shone بِأَيديناin our hands هَوَتthey fell فيناinto us
لاحَت بِأَيدينا هَوَت فينا
And winecups are stars that, when
In cups of rest stars when
they shine in our hands, fall into us.
They sparkled in our hands fell in us.
تَضحَكُlaugh فيin الكَأسِthe cup أَباريقُناour ewers
تَضحَكُ في الكَأسِ أَباريقُنا
وَحَسبَماand in proportion as يَضحَكنَthey laugh يُبكيناmakes us weep
وَحَسبَما يَضحَكنَ يُبكينا
Our ewers laugh into the cup,
Our cups laugh in the goblet,
and their laughter makes us weep in equal measure.
And as they laugh they make us cry.
كَأَنَّas though أَعلاهاtheir tops إِذاwhen كُفِّرَتthey were tipped
كَأَنَّ أَعلاها إِذا كُفِّرَت
تَعقِدُthicken فيin الكَأسِthe cup تَلابيناbarley gruels
تَعقِدُ في الكَأسِ تَلابينا
As though their tops, when tipped,
It's as if their tops when they bump
were thickening barley gruel in the cup.
Tie turbans in the cup.
Sol 6.1