Sol 6.1

  1. بَادِرْ إِلَى رَاعِي الصَّبُوحِ صَبَاحَا

    واجْعَلِ زَمَانَكَ كُلَّهُ أَفْرَاحَا

    Hasten in the morning to the keeper of the morning draught,

    And make all your time joyous.

  2. وَأجِلِ التَّي تَجْلو هُمُومَكَ في الدُّجَى

    حَتّى تَرَى لِظَلاَمِهِ إِصْبَاحَا

    And pass around the wine that dispels your cares in the gloom,

    Until you see a dawn for its darkness.

  3. يَا طَالبَ الرَّاحَاتِ لَيْسَ يَنَالُهَا

    إِلاَّ الَّذِي فِي الرَّاحِ يَجْلُو الرَّاحَا

    O seeker of comforts, none attains them

    Save one who makes wine gleam in his palms,

  4. أَوْ مُغْرَمٌ أَعْطَى الصَّبَابَةَ حَقَّهَا

    تَدْعُوهُ صَبْوَتُهُ إِليْهِ كِفَاحَا

    Or a lover who has given passion its due,

    Whose yearning calls him to it face to face.

  5. نَشْوَانُ مِنْ طَرَبِ الصِّبَا فَكَأَنَّهُ

    غُصْنٌ يَميلُ مَعَ الصَّبَا مُرتَاحَا

    Drunk with the rapture of youth, he is like

    A branch bending at ease with the east wind.

  6. أَوْ مَا تَرَى عُجْمَ الحَمَائِمِ لَحْنُهَا

    قَدْ رَاحَ يُفْصِحُ فِي الهَوىَ إِفْصَاحَا

    Or do you not see the wordless doves? Their song

    Has begun to speak eloquently of love.

  7. والرُّوضُ فِي حُلَلِ الجَدَاوِلِ مُشْبِةٌ

    حُلَلاَ تُجِرِّدُ فَوْقَهُنَّ صِفْاحَا

    And the garden, clad in the robes of streams, resembles

    Robes above which you unsheathe sword blades.

  8. وَالرُّيحُ بِالأَنْفَاسِ تَقْصُدُ أَنْفُساً

    مَوْتَى فَتَبْعَثُ فَيْهِمُ الأَرْوَاحَا

    And the wind, with its breaths, seeks out souls

    Dead, then revives the spirits within them.

  9. فَإِذَا لَحَاكَ عَلَى البُرُوقِ وَشَمِّهَا

    لاَحٍ وَخِلْتَ الكَأْسَ بَرْقاً لاَحَا

    So if, for lightning flashes and scenting them, you are rebuked

    By a faultfinder, and you fancy the cup a flash of lightning,

  10. فَاخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِلمُدِيرِ وَغِبْ عَنِ

    الَّلاحِي تَرَى منْ حَالَتَيْكَ نَجَاحا

    Then lower your wing to the cupbearer, and withdraw from

    The faultfinder; in both your states you will find success.

  11. لَوْ لَمْ يَكُنْ في السُّكْرِ إِلاَّ فُرْقَةُ

    اللاَّحيِ فَوَصْلُكَ قَهْوَةً وَمِلاَحَا

    Even if drunkenness brought only parting from

    The faultfinder, yours would be union with wine and beauties.

  12. أَوَلَيْسَ صَحْوَكَ دَأْبُهُ مِنْ شَأْنِهِ

    أَنْ يَجْمَعَ العُذَّالَ وَالنُّصَّاحَا

    And is it not your sobriety's habit and nature

    To gather reproachers and advisers?

  13. فَاجْعَلْ مَكَانَ الصَّحْوِ سُكْراً تَجْتَلِي

    مِنْ خَمْرِكَ الأَحْدَاقَ والأقداحا

    So put drunkenness in place of sobriety, and behold

    Through your wine, the eyes and goblets.

  14. أَنَا مَنْ تَجِرْتُ مَعَ الغَرَامِ مُجَرِّباً

    فَوَجَدْتُ كُلَّ تِجَارَتِي أَرْبَاحَا

    I am one who traded with ardent love, putting it to the test,

    So I found all my trading yielded profits.

  15. وَرَأَيْتَني غَنَّيتُ مِنْ طَرَبِ الهَوَى

    وَأَخُو التَّسَلِّي بِالتَّشَكِّي بَاحَا

    And you saw me sing with the rapture of love,

    While the seeker of solace gave voice to complaint.

  16. وَرَأَيْتُ لَيْلَى أَسْفَرَتْ فَكَحَلْتُ مِنْ

    أَلْحَاظِهَا مُقَلاً مُلِئْنَ جِرَاحَا

    And I saw Layla unveil, then applied the kohl of

    Her glances to eyes filled with wounds.

  17. وجَلاَ ظَلاَمِيَ نُورُهَا فَكَأَنَّمَا

    أَهْدَتْ إِلىَ ظُلُمَاتِهَا مِصْبَاحَا

    And her light dispelled my darkness, as though

    She had bestowed a lamp upon her darkness.

  18. فَرَأَيْتُ إِذْ شَاهدْتُ مِنْ أَجْفَانِهَا

    المَرْضَى مَعَانٍ في الجَمَالِ صِحَاحَا

    So, when I looked, I saw in her eyelids,

    Ailing though they were, sound meanings of beauty.

  19. فَغَدَوْتُ نَشْوانَ المَعَاطِفَ أمْلأُ

    الأَكْوَانَ مِنْ طَرَبِ الوِصَالِ مِرَاحاً

    So I grew drunk, my limbs swaying, filling

    The worlds with exuberance from the rapture of union.