Sol 6.1

  1. قَد صَفا ماء النَعيمِ

    في مَحيّاهُ الوَسيم

    The water of bliss has grown clear

    in his handsome countenance.

  2. قُربَهُ جَنة عَدني

    وَتَنائِبِهِ جَحيمي

    His nearness is my garden of Eden,

    and his remoteness is my hell.

  3. إِن رَنى تَيّم بِالأَل

    حاظَ غُزلان الصَريم

    If he gazes, he enthralls with his glances

    the gazelles of the dunes.

  4. أَو تَثنى أَخجل الأَغ

    صان بِالقَد القَويم

    Or, if he sways, he shames the branches

    with his well-proportioned figure.

  5. أَو تَغنى بُلبل البَلبا

    ل بِالشَدو الرَخيم

    Or, if he sings, he confounds disquiet

    with his mellow song.

  6. وَإِذا قامَ يُدير الرا

    ح في اللَيل البَهيم

    And when he rises to pass the wine

    in the pitch-black night,

  7. كَشف اللَيل سَناه

    وَاِنجَلى لَيل الهُموم

    his radiance dispels the night,

    and the night of cares clears away.

  8. يَقرَع الجام بَدر

    مِنهُ في ثَغر نَظيم

    A full moon taps the goblet—

    his, amid well-set teeth.

  9. فَإِذا عَبَّ مِن الرا

    ح اِحتَسى لُب النَديم

    And when he gulps down the wine,

    he sips the very mind of his drinking companion.

  10. يا حَياتي وَحَمامي

    وَحَميمي وَغَريمي

    O my life and my death,

    and my intimate friend and my adversary,

  11. لِمَ لا تَرثي لِصَب

    مَن تَجنيك سَقيم

    why do you not pity a lovesick lover,

    sick from your unjust treatment?

  12. رَقَّ حَتّى قَد حَكى رق

    ة أَنفاس النَسيم

    He has grown so frail that he matches the delicacy

    of the breaths of the breeze.