Sol 6.1

  1. وقد خالط الفجر الظلام كما التقى

    على روضة خضراء ورد وادهمُ

    Dawn had mingled with the darkness, like the meeting

    Of a bay horse and a black one on a green meadow.

  2. وعهدي بها والليل ساق ووصلنا

    عقار وفوها الكأس أو كأسها فم

    I remember her when night was cupbearer, and our union

    Was wine, her mouth the cup—or her cup a mouth.

  3. إلى أن بدرنا بالنجوم وغربها

    يفض عقود الدر والشرق ينظم

    Until we hastened with the stars, while their western sky

    Unstrung necklaces of pearls, and the east strung them.

  4. ونبهت فتيان الصبوح للذة

    فلبوا وما فيهم سوى الليل محرم

    And I roused the young men of the morning draught to pleasure;

    They answered the call; only night among them was a consecrated pilgrim.

  5. وفي كل كأس للندامى بقية

    تلوح كدنيا يغطيه درهم

    And in each drinking companion’s cup, a remnant

    Gleams like a world covered by a dirham.